Esperanza Rising Vocabulary

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to remain suspended in the air

• subside

• abate

• hover

• recede

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good judgment in speech and conduct

• undiplomatic

• injudicious

• discourteous

• discreetly

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to challenge in an insulting manner

• taunt

• accolade

• premonition

• preoccupied

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look forward to or expected to

• abhor

• anticipated

• indignation

• obscure

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a strong smell or taste

• premonition

• bland

• temperate

• pungent

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acting good judgment in conduct and speech

• justify

• discreetly

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exploded

• implode

• recede

• erupted

• deflate

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the state of one who lacks usual or socially acceptable amount of money

• affluence

• surplus

• poverty

• scorn

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quiet, gentle, submissive

• meek

• domineering

• optimistic

• ignorant

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echoing

• resounding

• inaudible

• obscure

• erupting

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to mislead others

• corroborate

• cahoots

• elaborate

• deceive

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a feeling of jealousy

• infuriated

• benevolence

• envy

• morality

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altered in color, texture, or composite

• inept

• pungent

• bedraggled

• weathered

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to soil by dragging on the wet ground

• regulated

• bedraggled

• immaculate

• pristine

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left without; stripped

• furnished

• passel

• abound

• bereft

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inflicted with pain

• composed

• taunted

• euphoric

• tormented

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hypnotized or spellbound

• mesmerized

• enliven

• disenchant

• marvel

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open disrespect or dislike

• weariness

• infuriated

• menacing

• scorn

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to approach inappropriately or aggressively

• evade

• accosting

• resounding

• elude

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think about in a troubled way

• disregarded

• bedraggled

• discarded

• brooded

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a feeling that bad luck is coming/a warning

• indignation

• conscious

• pungent

• premonition

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firm in purpose

• determined

• discreet

• distinguished

• dazed

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anger that is aroused by something unjust

• injustice

• grievance

• indignation

• devious

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extreme pain, distress, anxiety

• indignation

• weariness

• anguish

• anticipation

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unable to think clearly

• coherent

• lethargic

• nimble

• dazed

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rising or falling in a wavelike pattern

• unrelenting

• stabilizing

• undulating

• taunting

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free from being tied down

• untethered

• bedraggled

• intertwined

• trussed

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not honest or straightforward

• devious

• distinguished

• preoccupied

• infuriated

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not stable or likely to break

• resilient

• anchored

• reassured

• rickety

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a position of prominence

• obscure

• distinguished

• insignificant

• menacing

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to shrink in fear

• confront

• bereft

• cringe

• contend

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without moving, no currents

• viable

• progressive

• effective

• stagnant

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excessively elaborate

• extravagant

• frugality

• unpretentious

• providence

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to act in an unwilling or hesitant way

• reluctantly

• zealously

• carelessly

• discreetly