Summer of the Mariposas Chapter 14 Vocabulary

gourd

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grit

• squeezing teeth together

• being angry

• laughing very loudly

• raising eyebrows

disheveled

naught

• being bad

• nothing

• easy

• negative

livelihood

• feeling alive and wonderful

• where you live

• the top of a car

• the job to earn enough to live on

tussle

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concede

• think you are great

• win the fight

• give up

• admit you were wrong

repulsive

retort

• answer back in a mean way

• laugh at someone to their face

• stand in front of the class and tell what you know

• cry about something silly

bedraggled

• sunny and happy

• wet and filthy

• ugly and old

• young and beautiful