Esperanza Rising Vocab Chps 8-11

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Frantically

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quickly, doing something because of fear

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Valley fever affects the...

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Lungs from inhaling spores in dusty climates

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Squalor

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Filth and misery

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taut

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tightly pulled or stretched

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cringe

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to shrink or draw back in fear, hopelessness

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Despondent

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Feeling or showing extreme hopelessness

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not giving up

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unrelenting

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Contorted

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Bent out of normal shape

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Repatriation

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Sending a person back to their own country