“Nice,” she said, touching it ________________ “Can I try it on?”

Her face dropped _________________. “Well, I think I’m going to need some help. He weighs a ton. Dead weight, you know.”

I refused to admit that I was seriously considering taking the body back home to his wife and kids. It was _______________.

I pointed at the absurd contraption. “What’s in there?” I asked. “In this?” Delia asked, grinning with ________________ pride, her perfect smile brilliant

There it was, the other ear pendant, framing my face and winking at me. Its magical power was ________________ in the sunlight.

As I watched the duty officer straighten up and look at the next car, a _______________ breeze picked up around us.

The mention of our grandmother made me physically jerk in my seat — it was so ________________ of what La Llorona had said I should do.

someone of mixed or unknown origin (insult)

mysterious and difficult to understand

Except for the initial shock and anxiety of seeing so many sospechosos, idle young men, ________________ posted outside prominent buildings or lounging on stone benches in the plaza, we felt confident enough to go about our business

We didn’t want to call attention to ourselves in case they were members of any of the border gangs, who had been _________________ people along the Frontera, the border between Mexico and the US.

She looked at it for a moment, then offered it to me. I stared at it __________________.

“Guys, you’ve got to stop_________________ each other,” I said, as we made our way down the highway.

“It’s her fault,” Velia spurted, her hazel eyes burning with resentment. “She bit me, the little ____________.”

I left them there, resting ______________ under the shade of a tall ash tree, far off into the woods, out of sight of anyone driving by.

They started to eat the tacos. After they’d had their share of the food, they slid a tray over to our end of the blanket, their faces ________________. It was their way.

Then he went into the tiny _____________, closed the door, and came to the window to pull down the shade.

She turned away and disappeared into the darkness, leaving me alone with her ______________ words.

It was like our dreams were shattered. The girls looked _________________.

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Vocabulary Test #2

Term	Definition
gingerly	doing something carefully
sheepishly	acting with embarrassment
unfathomable	impossible to understand
ingenious	clever
indisputable	certain or undeniable
brazen	strong
reminiscent	bringing a memory to mind
gingerly	“Nice,” she said, touching it ________________ “Can I try it on?”
sheepishly	Her face dropped _________________. “Well, I think I’m going to need some help. He weighs a ton. Dead weight, you know.”
unfathomable	I refused to admit that I was seriously considering taking the body back home to his wife and kids. It was _______________.
ingenious	I pointed at the absurd contraption. “What’s in there?” I asked. “In this?” Delia asked, grinning with ________________ pride, her perfect smile brilliant
indisputable	There it was, the other ear pendant, framing my face and winking at me. Its magical power was ________________ in the sunlight.
brazen	As I watched the duty officer straighten up and look at the next car, a _______________ breeze picked up around us.
reminiscent	The mention of our grandmother made me physically jerk in my seat — it was so ________________ of what La Llorona had said I should do.
conspicuously	noticeable
dumbfounded	shocked in silence
tormenting	harassing
mongrel	someone of mixed or unknown origin (insult)
sedately	calmly
contrite	sorry for having done wrong.
depot	space for storage
cryptic	mysterious and difficult to understand
disillusioned	disappointed by the truth
conspicuously	Except for the initial shock and anxiety of seeing so many sospechosos, idle young men, ________________ posted outside prominent buildings or lounging on stone benches in the plaza, we felt confident enough to go about our business
abducting	We didn’t want to call attention to ourselves in case they were members of any of the border gangs, who had been _________________ people along the Frontera, the border between Mexico and the US.
dumbfounded	She looked at it for a moment, then offered it to me. I stared at it __________________.
tormenting	“Guys, you’ve got to stop_________________ each other,” I said, as we made our way down the highway.
mongrel	“It’s her fault,” Velia spurted, her hazel eyes burning with resentment. “She bit me, the little ____________.”
sedately	I left them there, resting ______________ under the shade of a tall ash tree, far off into the woods, out of sight of anyone driving by.
contrite	They started to eat the tacos. After they’d had their share of the food, they slid a tray over to our end of the blanket, their faces ________________. It was their way.
depot	Then he went into the tiny _____________, closed the door, and came to the window to pull down the shade.
cryptic	She turned away and disappeared into the darkness, leaving me alone with her ______________ words.
disillusioned	It was like our dreams were shattered. The girls looked _________________.

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