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Vocab Practice 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Some days, we'd hike the hills beyond El Indio Highway, following the swarm of _____________. | mariposas |
| I ________ the way Mamá would have if she’d been there with us. “Get out! Get out! Get out!” Graspin | shrieked |
| They sprang out of the water like _____ mojarras — two slim, delicate fish flying out of the river. | sleek |
| Disappeared. Like a ghostly __________, she vanished into the surreal light of the fading sunset. | apparition |
| I saw that Mamá was standing at the counter, slicing pie with a heavy knife. Her black hair was twisted up in a ________________ knot and the dark circles under her eyes were more pronounced tonight. | haphazard |
| They both looked at me like they were about to spit in my face, eyes glistening with _____________ and frustration. | wrath |
| Her stubbornness usually led to yelling or bullying. It was ______________. I don’t think I’d seen her cry since she found out Santa Claus wasn’t real. | unnerving |
| “A most powerful _________. It was given to me by my mother on my fifteenth birthday at the altar of Tenochtitlan, when I became a woman. | amulet |
| Papá’s old jeans, one of his dress shirts, and his cowboy boots, dressed the body with the _____________ of a dedicated mortician. | reverence |
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