Week 7 Esperanza Vocab Words

To attack by surprise from a hidden place:

• Devious

• Ambush

• Mesmerize

• Accost

Willing to lie and trick people in order to get what is wanted:

• Smirk

• Cascade

• Devious

• Trellis

To hold the attention or interest of someone:

• Mesmerize

• Squalor

• Accost

• Encroach

To stop and speak to someone in a threatening way:

• Trellis

• Skein

• Squalor

• Accost

A ball of coiled yarn:

• Ambush

• Devious

• Skein

• Trellis

To take control of something in a gradual way and often without being noticed:

• Encroach

• Smirk

• Cascade

• Squalor

To smile in a smug or offensive way:

• Cascade

• Skein

• Ambush

• Smirk

A steep, usually small waterfall:

• Trellis

• Cascade

• Ambush

• Devious

A frame of latticework used as a support for climbing plants:

• Trellis

• Skein

• Devious

• Mesmerize

Something that is extremely dirty or just plain disgusting:

• Encroach

• Accost

• Smirk

• Squalor