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Vocabulary 28-8-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Penumbra | semi-darkness fringe |
| Atravesar | to cross |
| Herir | to hurt |
| Bifurcar | to fork |
| Gesticular | to gesture |
| Agridulce | bittersweet |
| Pesadumbre | grief and sorrow |
| Ocultar | to hide, esconder |
| Agitar | to stir, to shake |
| Agobir | to overwhelm |
| Estímulo | encouragement, incentive |
| Retrocede | to go back/to back down |
| Cotidiana/quotidian | Daily |
| Resplandor/resplendente | Bright, brilliant colors |
| Convocar/to convoke | To call together |
| Zambullir | To submerge, to dip, to dive |
| Incansable | Untiring |
| Lerda | Lento |
| Rabillo | Stalk |
| El rebillo del ojo | The corner of an eye |
| Vigilar/ to be vigilant | To watch carefully |
| Azar | Fate, chance |
| Pototo | Personaje cómico del teatro Cubano |
| Ajiaco | Sopa caribeña de muchos ingredientes |
| Impureza | Impurity |
| Tartamuda | Stuttering |
| Mareada | Dizzy |
| Desconcertado/Disconcerted | Confused |
| Jirón | Shred things up |
| Campersinos | Peasant |
| Natal | Home |
| Erguido | Upright |
| Búhos | Owls |
| Melancólico | Pensive, depressed, sad |
| Ávido/Avid | Urgently eager (almost greedy) |
| Avaricia/Avarice | Greed, excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain |
| Emocionado | Excited |
| Sustantivos | Noun |
| Agradecer | To be grateful |
| Tetera de porcelana | Teapot |
| Desensillar | To unsaddle |
| Ronca | Threat |
| Esterillas | Rush Mats |
| Crujido | Creaking |
| Divisar | To spy, make out (To see) |
| Enroscarse | To screw in |
| Arrojar | To throw |
| Sable | Cebellina, un tipo de marta (marten un animal) |
| Arder | To burn |
| Vaina | Sheath |
| Nunca | Back of the neck |
| Flamear | Quemar, arder |
| Esperarse | To wait; to hope, to expect |
| Gallardo/Valiente | Brave, smart, graceful |
| Soberbio | Arrogant, conceited |
| Doliente | Sorrowful, ill, suffering |
| Amplio/ample | Roomy spacious |
| Cándido/candid | Guileless, ingenuous, simple, naïve |
| Célebre/celebrated | Famous, renowned |
| Indescifrable/indecipherable | Unable to decipher, unbreakable |
| Franco/Frank | Straight-foward, open, honest |
| Pintoresco/picturesque | Beautiful, colorful, pretty |
| Clandestino/clandestine | Secret, private |
| Antigüedad(es)/antiquity | Antique |
| Concordar(ue)/Concur | To agree |
| Heredero | Heir |
| Pensión/Pension | Money/dinero (a person’s retirement, money a widow gets) |
| Anticuario/antiquarian | Antique dealer |
| Hirsute/hirsuto | Hairy, con mucho pelo |
| Ruptura/rupture | Break |
| Noviazgo | Engagement |
| Inquietud/inquietude | Anxiety, uneasy, restless, worried |
| Honorado/honorable | Honest |
| Desdén/disdain | Scorn, a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior |
| Perenne/perennial | Eterna, de siempre, constante |
| Codicia | Avaricia, avarice, greed |
| Insaciable/insatiable | Impossible de satisfacer |
| Ardid | Acto planeado con el propósito de causar mal |
| Inusitado | Raro, fuera de lo común |
| Destello | Rayo de luz |
| Avaro | Persona que acumula dinero y que no es generosa |
| Aborigen | Persona native u originaria de un lugar |
| Conjurar/to conjure | To call forth |
| Horadar | To drill |
| Malvado | Evil |
| Hacendado | Landowner; rancher, farmer |
| Erguirse | To lift; to straighten |
| Fechoría | Misdeed; misdemeanor |
| Carcajada | Guffaw (guh-faw) loud laugh |
| Huésped | Guest |
| Amable | Amiable, friendly, kind |
| Afortunado | Fortunate, lucky |
| Amigable | Amicable, friendly, kind |
| Nefario | Nefarious, malo, wicked, evil |
| Infame | Infamous, famous in a bad way, vil, base |
| Perverso | Perverse, depraved, corrupt (to turn away from what is good or right) |
| Apelativo | Nickname, nombre, sobrenombre |
| Entrometer | To take part in, entrar a |
| Tomar parte | To butt in |
| Mesura | Precaución |
| Sabido | Que sabe/entiende mucho |
| Fogón | Hearth fire, fuego en la cocina |
| Caja | Tambor |
| Zonzo | Tonto |
| Haciéndolo Leña | Atacando |
| Bacinica | Chamber pot |
| Incauta/Incautious | Heedless, unwary |
| Ternura | Tenderness |
| Semblante/samblance | Countenance, face |
| Frisos/frieze | A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration |
| Desapacible | Unpleasant |
| Insidiosamente | Gullefully |
| Sollozos | Sobs |
| Amanecer | Dawn |
| Desvanecer | To disapate, to disperce, to dispel |
| Debilidad | Weakness |
| Agudísima | Keen, serious, acute, Sharp, (pain), witty |
| Estremecimientos | Shudder, shiver |
| Vaivén | Swaying, vacillation |
| Alarido | Shriek, howl |
| Acariciar | To caress |
| Yacer | To lie (together) |
| Inerte/inert | Lifeless |
| Remitir/to remit | To send back, to slacken |
| Bruscamente/brusquely | Abrupt |
| Síncope | Blackout |
| Crepuscular/crepuscular | Twilight |
| Desplomada | Sag |
| Fúnebremente | Mournfully, sorrowfully, lamentably |
| Tejidos | To knit, to weave |
| Corola | Inside of a flower |
| Banquete | Banquet |
| Intacto | Intact |
| Prenténdeme | To pretend |
| Baco | Bacchus, god of wine |
| Alba | Dawn |
| Alcoba | Bedroom |
| La virilidad | Macho |
| La preponderancia/preponderance | Distinction |
| Abnegado | Selfless |
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