Vocabulary • Ch 2 - Esperanza Rising • Definitions

What is the definition of 'precise'?

• To become smaller or decrease in size

• To cause severe physical or emotional pain

• Changing moods or decisions without reason

• To be exact or accurate

What word means a farmer who lives in the countryside?

• scythe

• taunt

• although

• peasant

What is the definition of 'revolution'?

• A big, important change in society

• The right or proper way to behave

• To tease or make fun of someone

• A feeling or sense of something happening

What word means a person's height or physical size?

• stature

• peasant

• although

• resurrection

What is the definition of 'rein'?

• A big, important change in society

• A different way to think about it

• Beautiful and sophisticated in a simple way

• A strap used to control a horse

What word means to cause severe physical or emotional pain?

• premonition

• peasant

• torment

• rein

What word means to tease or make fun of someone?

• taunt

• congregate

• precise

• stature

What word means to feel angry or upset about something?

• stature

• precise

• despair

• resent

What word means feeling very sad and without hope?

• despair

• propriety

• precise

• although

What word means feeling sad and alone, without hope?

• elegant

• rein

• resurrection

• forlorn