Vocabulary for An Hour With Abuelo

What is the definition of issues as used in the following sentence? "I caught up on back issues of Modern Maturity!"

• an important topic or problem for debate or discussion

• the action of supplying or distributing an item for use

• a distribution of something

• a publication of a magazine

What is the definition of herded as used in the following sentence?

"I’ve gotten out of going out there except at Christmas, when a whole van load of grandchildren are herded over there to give him gifts and a hug."

• a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control

• a crowd

• to keep or move (typically animals) together

• to love

What does the word relative mean in the following sentence?

"And really the Abuelo always has a lot of relatives visiting him."

• a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.

• something having, or standing in, some relation or connection to something else.

• in relation to something else

• not absolute or independent

What is the correct definition of orderlies, as used in the following sentence?

"They line up the old people in wheelchairs in the hallway as if they were about to be raced to the finish line by orderlies who don’t even look at them when they push them here and there."

• neatly and methodically arranged

• a soldier who carries out orders or performs minor tasks for an officer

• an attendant in a hospital responsible for the non-medical care of patients

• someone who is organized

What is the definition of the word slate, as used in the following sentence?

"She taught each of us how to write on a slate with chalks that she ordered by mail every year."

• a piece of construction material (such as laminated rock) prepared as a shingle for roofing and siding

• a dense fine-grained metamorphic rock produced by the compression of various sediments

• a list of candidates for nomination or election

• a tablet used for writing on

What is the definition of embroidered, as used in the following sentence?

"My mother brought me a beautiful guayabera, a white shirt made of the finest cotton and embroidered by her own hands. I was a happy young man."

• drawn together

• with or formed by decorative needlework

• hand made

• painted

What is the definition of boarded, as used in the following sentence?

For four years I boarded with a couple she knew, so that I could go to high school in a different town.

• a surface, frame, or device for posting notices

• to live and eat with someone else

• a piece of sawed lumber of little thickness and a length greatly exceeding its width

• a table spread with a meal

What is the definition of the word drafted, as used in the following sentence?

"Then the war came, and the American President said that all Puerto Rican men would be drafted."

• the act of drawing or pulling in a net

• the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling

• the force required to pull a plow or other implement

• the act of selecting individuals from a group for military service

What is the definition of latrine, as used in the following sentence?

"The sergeant said I was too smart for my own good, and gave me a job cleaning latrines."

• a spa

• a place for rest

• a house for dogs

• a receptacle (such as a pit in the earth) for use as a toilet

What is the definition of the word ignorant, as used in the following sentence?

"I told him that the children would go back to the fields and grow up ignorant if I could not teach them their letters."

• lacking in popularity

• lacking knowledge, comprehension, or education

• lacking self-confidence

• without caring or know how