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Vocabulary Amigo Bro
The Amigo Brothers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tenement | 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 | 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 a bronze medallion. |
| jab | 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 | bombard (someone) with something Ex: Antonio then beat the air with a barrage of body blows and short, devastating lefts with an overhand, jaw-breaking right. |
| superimpose | 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 | 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 | Continuing forever or indefinitely Ex: The night was blurred with perpetual motions of left hooks and right crosses. |