Esperanza Rising Vocabulary Chapters 7-9

completely absorbed in thought

• Preoccupied

• Accustomed

• Loom

showing deep understanding

• Accustomed

• Sympathetic

• Taunting

1. to tease or laugh at someone to make them feel lesser

• Accustomed

• Taunting

• Ridicule

to accept something as normal

• Accustomed

• Sympathetic

• Loom

1. to challenge someone with insulting comments

• Preoccupied

• Ridicule

• Taunting

1. to appear, sometimes unexpectedly, mysteriously, or threateningly

• Loom

• Taunting

• Sympathetic