Esperanza Rising Ch 9-10 Vocab Las Ciruelas & Las Papas

"The sky was darkening with amber clouds..." Amber means

• fluffy

• yellowish-brown

• blue

• puffy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"She woke up to Lupe's whimpering and an atrocious smell." Atrocious means -

• very unpleasant

• flowery, perfumed

• heavy

• damp

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

They passed miles of naked grapevines, stripped of their harvest and bereft of their leaves. Bereft means -

• uniform

• browning

• rotting

• deprived of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"No," said the doctor, "It isn't contagious." Contagious means -

• sickness, disease

• very unpleasant

• tending to spread from person to person, as an illness

• too tired to care about anything

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"She bent over her work, intent..." Intent means -

• having the attention fixed upon

• not paying attention

• wanting all of the attention

• shy, not wanting any attention

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"But Mama was listless and Esperanza often found her weeping in silence." Listless means -

• crying, sobbing

• disturbed

• light and quick

• too tired to care about anything

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"...and no amount of beating could remove their [blankets] musty smell." Musty means -

• very unpleasant

• damp, moldy smell

• light and fresh

• perfumed

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Her fingers were more nimble now and her stitches more even." Nimble means -

• deprived of something

• quick and light

• heavy and clumsy

• too tired to care about anything

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The wind stopped, but the dust still swirled as is propelled by its own power." Propelled means -

• drove forward

• backed up

• spinning around

• a part of a plane

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The camp routine repeated itself like the regimented rows in the the fields." Regimented means -

• boring

• uninteresting

• uniform

• growing plants

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4