They Call Me Guero - Vocab. Part 1 (pgs. 1-21)

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n. part of a plant that holds the plant firmly in the ground; used figuratively in They Call Me Güero to mean “your relatives” or “where you come from”

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roots

Front

n. the ground at the edge of a river

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bank

Front

people from one’s family that were part of an earlier, or older, generation

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ancestors

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n. a person’s family or ethnic background, including culture and traditions

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heritage

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a place where someone is stopped to be examined or looked over

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checkpoint

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an official document that shows one is a citizen of a particular country

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passport

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a place where someone is isolated, or kept separate, because of being thought to pose some threat

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quarantine

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a place of uncertainty

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limbo

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n. a person who is a member of a particular country and given certain rights because of that status

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citizen

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registration card that allows one to live and work in the United States

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green card