Esperanza Rising Vocabulary List

[Pages:3]Vocabulary for Esperanza Rising

# WORD

Page #

1 incline

2

2 scythe

4

3 arbor

5

4 cluster

5

5 court

7

6 vicious

8

7 premonition 9

8 serenade 9

9 congregate 9

10 camisole 10

11 adobe

10

12 horizon

10

13 sprawl

11

14 scold

11

15 capricious 13

16 aroma

14

17 tallow

21

18 anguish

23

21 quivery

25

22 condolence 26

23 rosary

27

24 crochet

29

25 indignation 30

26 enveloped 40

27 deliberate 42

28 trance

42

29 smoldering 43

30 skillet

43

31 mortar

43

32 phoenix

50

33 shawl

50

34 guava

58

35 persistent 62

36 mesmerize 64

37 doting

64

38 jostle

65

39 thicket

66

40 reek

66

41 undulate 68

42 monotonous 72

43 valise

72

44 crippled

78

45 complexion 79

Part of Speech

noun noun noun noun verb adjective noun verb/noun verb noun noun noun verb/noun verb adjective noun noun noun adjective noun noun noun/verb noun verb adjective/verb noun adjective noun noun noun noun noun adjective verb adjective verb noun verb/noun verb adjective noun adjective/verb noun

Definition

land that slopes upward a tool with a curved, single-edged blade a shelter of vines or branches a number of similar things that occur together to pay respectful attention to characterized by vice or evil; corrupt or depraved a warning in advance to perform a vocal or instrumental piece of music to assemble or collect a short sleeveless jacket for women a brick of sun-dried earth the line where the sky seems to meet the earth to spread the limbs in a relaxed position to find fault angrily tending to change abruptly and without reason a pleasant odor white and nearly tasteless fat great mental suffering shaky with a tremendous motion an expression of sympathy with another in grief a string of beads used to keep count of prayers needlework consisting of the interlocking stitches anger or scorn resulting from injustice to wrap up or cover completely carefully thought out and performed a state of altered consciousness resembling sleep burning or smoking without flame a pot or kettle with a long handle a very hard bowl in which substances are ground a bird that symbolizes immortality an oblong cloth worn by women as a covering tropical fruit-bearing American plants refusing to relent to hypnotize or spellbind foolishly or excessively fond of to bump or push a thick growth of shrubs to have a strong, unpleasant smell to cause to move in waves going on in the same tone without variation a suitcase lame or disabled the general appearance or nature

46 stagnant

81

47 grime

81

48 demeanor 82

49 frail

86

50 cherub

88

51 barren

90

52 nauseous 92

53 hillock

95

54 tamarisk 99

55 cot

102

56 foreman

106

57 plaited

109

58 accost

114

59 gingerly

114

60 wrung

114

61 unrelenting 116

62 ridicule

117

63 shrug

119

64 shrine

123

65 trellis

124

66 burlap

127

67 hull

128

68 huddled

131

69 shabby

135

70 extravagant 136

71 amber

147

72 tumbleweeds 147

73 hazy

149

74 eerie

150

75 squint

150

76 encrusted 151

77 spasm

151

78 immunize 156

79 skein

161

80 trance

163

81 convent

163

82 grotto

164

83 cavernous 168

84 bereft

168

85 musty

174

86 vapor

179

87 glycerine 180

88 mesquite 181

89 supple

181

90 pneumonia 182

91 halo

184

Vocabulary for Esperanza Rising

adjective noun noun adjective noun adjective adjective noun noun noun noun adjective verb adverb verb adjective verb/noun verb/noun noun noun adjective noun adjective/verb adjective adjective adjective noun adjective adjective verb adjective noun/verb verb noun noun noun noun adjective adjective adjective noun noun noun/adjective adjective noun noun

without motion or current, not moving sooty dirt covering a surface outward behavior or conduct easily shattered, broken or damaged a winged heavenly being that acts as a guardian unable to produce offspring affected with sickness or disgust a small hill or mound tree or shrub with tender branches and flowers a narrow, collapsible bed person in charge of a group or department braided or interweaved to approach and speak to in an aggressive way very carefully or cautiously to squeeze or twist (past tense of "wring") not yielding, determined to laugh at or make fun of to hunch shoulders up to express indifference the tomb of a saint, a place for devotion a frame of latticework for growing plants made of a course fabric the frame or body of a boat or a ship closely packed thread-bare and faded from great wear excessive, unduly lavish yellowish or brownish fossil resin a plant, broken away from roots, carried by wind obscured or darkened weird or uncanny to look or peer with the eyes partly closed covered as with a crust abnormal or involuntary muscle contraction to create resistance in the body a loosely gathered spool of yarn or thread catatonic state where the body functions normally a local community or house of religious order a cave of large or unknown size deprived of or lacking something tasting or smelling of dampness or decay fine particles floating in the air (as smoke or fog) a sweet syrupy alcohol used as a solvent leafy trees or shrubs often used to grill capable of bending without breaking an inflammatory disease of the lungs a circle of light surrounding the head or body

92 loamy

186

93 indignation 188

94 intestine

189

95 twinge

192

96 spigot

193

97 menace

200

98 asylum

214

99 anxiety

225

100 antiseptic 231

Vocabulary for Esperanza Rising

adjective noun noun verb noun noun noun noun adjective

similar in appearance to loose soil anger aroused by something unjust a tubular extension from the stomach to feel a sharp, sudden pain a faucet a threat or danger a place of refuge or protection emotional or mental unease scrupulously clean

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