Esperanza Rising Section 3 Vocabulary

used to something because it's familiar or happens often

• accustomed

• atrocious

• preoccupied

• bereft

• cavernous

extremely bad, cruel, or terrible

• atrocious

• preoccupied

• bereft

• cavernous

• yearn

thinking so much about something that you don't notice other things

• preoccupied

• bereft

• cavernous

• yearn

• accustomed

feeling very sad and alone because something important is missing

• bereft

• accustomed

• atrocious

• preoccupied

• yearn

large, empty, and deep, like a cave

• cavernous

• yearn

• accustomed

• atrocious

• bereft

to really want something or to feel a strong desire for it

• yearn

• bereft

• preoccupied

• atrocious

• accustomed