Esperanza Rising Papas Vocab

A small cave is a

• Grotto

• Trellis

• Wage

• Amber

To inquire too closely into a person's private affairs is to:

• Decent

• Swaddle

• Pry

• Contagious

Something that is horrifyingly wicked is:

• Atrocious

• Symptathetic

• Affect

• Overcome

A person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions is a:

• Grotto

• Migrant

• Propel

• Spasm

Something strange or odd; unusual.

• Preoccupied

• Recite

• Aside

• Peculiar

A sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement is a

• Spasm

• Atrocious

• Peculiar

• Affect

Showing approval of or favor toward an idea or action.

• Swaddle

• Sympathetic

• Trellis

• Recite

(Of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact.

• Fitful

• Listless

• Bereft

• Contagious

To have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.

• Overcome

• Yearn

• Propel

• Rivet

Very cold in temperature.

• Propel

• Frigid

• Incense

• Cavernous