They Call Me Guero - Vocab. Part 1 (pgs. 1-21)

n. part of a plant that holds the plant firmly in the ground; used figuratively in The Call Me Güero to mean “your relatives” or “where you come from””

• ancestors

• bank

• heritage

• roots

n. the ground at the edge of a river

• ancestors

• bank

• heritage

• roots

n. people from one’s family that were part of an earlier, or older, generation

• ancestors

• bank

• heritage

• roots

n. a person’s family or ethnic background, including culture and traditions

• ancestors

• bank

• heritage

• roots

n. a place where someone is stopped to be examined or looked over

• quarantine

• checkpoint

• limbo

• passport

n. an official document that shows one is a citizen of a particular country

• quarantine

• checkpoint

• limbo

• passport

n. a place where someone is isolated, or kept separate, because of being thought to pose some threat

• quarantine

• checkpoint

• limbo

• passport

n. a place of uncertainty

• quarantine

• checkpoint

• limbo

• passport

n. a person who is a member of a particular country and given certain rights because of that status

• citizen

• battered

• green card

• resident

n. a registration card that allows one to live and work in the United States

• citizen

• battered

• green card

• resident