ESPERANZA RISING Vocabulary List and Quiz Chapters 1-2

tendril

• something light and thin, for example a piece of hair

• something big and fat, for example a tree trunk

• something spiky and stinky, for example a hedgehog

• a rude and noisy person

customary

• when a person marries a customer

• things that people usually do not do in a particular society, like picking your nose in public

• to be separated from the government

• the things that people usually do in a particular society; like having food at a party

reap

• to cut them down and gather crops

• to water garden plants

• to mourn or cry

• to reason with no emotion

honor

• to create music with

• to respect greatly and regard highly

• to not respect greatly and not regard highly

• to educate and then confuse

vaqueros

• a type of southeast Asian dance

• a person who keeps watch over the forest

• vacant cheese

• a man who herds cattle; cowboy

dwindle

• twinkling and shining

• muscles are multiplying

• it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.

• a small strand of hair or string

encroaching

• the second thing spreads or becomes stronger, and slowly begins to restrict the power, range, or effectiveness of the first thing.

• the first thing spreads or becomes stronger, and slowly begins to restrict the power, range, or effectiveness of the second thing.

• when two or more people come to agree on something

• a cockroach encircling a piece of food

forlorn

• alone and unhappy

• busy and chaotic

• accompanied and happy

• worried and confused

incline

• it moves away

• the melting of elements

• very great in strength or degree

• land that slopes at an angle; or to bend

beacon

• a crispy meat made of pig's belly

• a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warnin

• a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning

• telling them that it would be a pleasant thing to do, or by trying to make it easier for them to do it.