Vocab Crossing the Wire (Ch 1-8)

The word "reverence" means...

Example: “Rico always spoke of cars with reverence…”

• a religous leader

• a respectful attitued

• dislike

• rollerblading

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The word "fallow" means...

Example: Most of the fields lay fallow, abandoned by men working in El Norte…

• carefully tended

• a kind of singing

• to trace the steps of someone

• left unplowed and unseeded during the growing season

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The word "meager" means...

Example: The platter of tortillas and the  bowl of rice and beans were going to make a meager meal.

• anxious to get going

• not enough, deficient

• delicious

• too much

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The word "grapple" means...

Example: As my mother set the food down, I grappled with my feelings.

• work hard to come to terms with

• a hybrid fruit combining a grape and apple

• expressed

• tap danced

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The word "toll" means...

Example: The village bells were tolling, possibly to mark the return of the bus.

• falling down

• too loud

• scaring people

• ring slowly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The word "silhouette" means...

Example: El Cristo Rey was a silhouette against a band of violet surrendering to black.

• move in a twisting or contorted motion

• a large gathering of people

• an outline of a solid object as cast by its shadow

• work hard to come to terms with or deal with something

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The word "throng" means...

Example: Inside the Guadalajara terminal, there was not even room to sit on the floor. A good many of the throng were obviously mojados on the move.

• a large gathering of people

• ring slowly

• loud sound

• move in a sneaky, or furtive way

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The word "racket" means...

Example: With all the racket and motion, my stomach churned and my head swam.

• plant stalks used as roofing material

• muscular and heavily build

• a loud and disturbing noise

• a feeling of annoyance

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The word "burly" means...

Example: A burly policeman in a tight, starched uniform boarded the bus.

• a large gathering of people

• muscular and heavily build

• a feeling of annoyance

• deficient in amount or quality or extent

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The word "writhe" means...

Example: The police removed the plywood and uncovered a terrible sight in the bed of the pickup: people writing like snakes-men, women, and children.

• a feeling of annoyance

• a loud and disturbing noise

• move in a sneaky, or furtive way

• move in a twisting or contorted motion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4