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.

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 a bronze medallion.

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.

verb 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.

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.

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.

adjective Continuing forever or indefinitely Ex: The night was blurred with perpetual motions of left hooks and right crosses.

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.

adjective Stunned or confused; slow to react Ex: Antonio, groggy, bobbed and weaved, evading most of the blows by Felix.

verb To guard or protect against something harmful Ex: Felix braced himself but couldn’t ward off the barrage of punches.

verb To lose hope Ex: I despaired as I looked in the mirror. Pencil thin, not cute anywhere.

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.

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!

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.

adjective Disgusting; unpleasant Ex: Something bitter and vile tasting was coming up in my mouth.

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Amigo Bros. Vocab

The Amigo Brothers and The Scholarship Jacket

Term	Definition
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 a 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, jaw-breaking 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.

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