Esperanza Rising Vocabulary

Premonition

• depressing or sad
• self-controlled
• pitifully sad and abandoned
• a strong feeling that something is about to happen

Forlorn

• pitifully sad and abandoned
• performed in a systematic or thoughtless way
• a small amount
• attempting to impress by looking more important than one actually is

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

Somberly

• depressing or sad
• self-controlled, calm state of mind
• a poor person of low social rank
• none

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Ridicule

• to make fun of; to hurt with words
• a small amount
• performed in a systematic or thoughtless way
• none 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

Pretentious

• to make fun of
• self-controlled, calm state of mind
• pitifully sad and abandoned 
• attempting to impress by looking more important than one actually is

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Composure

• a poor person of low social rank
• self-cotrolled, calm state of mind
• a strong feeling that something bad is about to happen
• a small amount; not thick

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Methodically

• performed in a systematic or thoughtless way
• cut or gather a crop or harvest
• to make fun of
• depressing or sad

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

Peasant

• cut or gather a crop or harvest
• depressing or sad
• a poor person of low social rank
• to make fun of

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Sparse

• a small amount; not thick
• cut or gather a crop or harvest
• pitifully sad and abandoned
• to make fun of

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Reaping

• self controlled, calm state of mind
• cut or gather a crop or harvest
• a strong feeling that something is about to happen
• a poor person

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4