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Amigo Bros. Vocab
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Term | Definition | |
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Tenement | noun | Run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards Ex: They had known each other since childhood, growing up on the lower east side of Manhattan in the same tenement building on Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. |
bout | noun | short period of intense activity of a specified kind (boxing) Ex: Each had fought many bouts representing their community and had won two gold-plated medals plus a silver and bronze medallion. |
jab | verb | To poke or thrust abruptly (a type of punch in boxing) Ex: They fooled around with a few jabs at the air, slapped skin, and then took off, running lightly along the dirty East River’s edge. |
barrage | verb | bombard (someone) with something Ex: Antonio then beat the air with a barrage of body blows and short devastating lefts with an overhand, jawbreaking right. |
superimpose | verb | To place on top of Ex: Antonio’s face, superimposed on the screen, was shattered and split apart by the awesome force of the killer blow. |
torrent | noun | an overwhelming number or amount Ex: Felix did a last shuffle, bobbing and weaving, while letting loose a torrent of blows that would demolish whatever got in its way. |
perpetual | adjective | Continuing forever or indefinitely Ex: The night was blurred with perpetual motions of left hooks and right crosses. |
dispel | verb | To cause to separate and go in different directions Ex: If Felix had any small doubt about their friendship affecting their fight it was being neatly dispelled. |
groggy | adjective | Stunned or confused; slow to react Ex: Antonio, groggy, bobbed and weaved, evading most of the blows by Felix. |
ward | verb | To guard or protect against something harmful Ex: Felix braced himself but couldn’t ward off the barrage of punches. |
despair | verb | To lose hope Ex: I despaired as I looked in the mirror. Pencil thin, not cute anywhere. |
eavesdrop | verb | To listen secretly to a private conversation of others Ex: I was almost back at my classroom door when I heard voices raised in anger. I stopped. I didn’t mean to eavesdrop. |
falsify | verb | To make false or fake by adding to or changing something Ex: I don’t care who her father is! I won’t falsify records! |
agile | adjective | Quick and light in movement Ex: So even though our family was quite agile and athletic there would never be a school sports jacket for us. |
vile | adjective | Disgusting; unpleasant Ex: Something bitter and vile tasting was coming up in my mouth. |