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"Her hair was strewn  and bedraggled."
untidily scattered.
The yarn was so strewn, she wasn't sure if he could untangle it.

Synonyms: Sprinkled, Scatter
Antonyms: Stud, Dapple

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"Her hair was strewn and bedraggled."
dirty and disheveled.
The dogs bedraggled fur forced us to give him a bath.

Synonyms: Awash, Bathed
Antonyms: Wrung, Baked

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"She was polite enough, answering everyone's questions with the simplest of answers, but she was tormented by Mama's absence."
experiencing or characterized by severe physical or mental suffering.

The class was tormented by their teacher not telling them their grades.
Synonyms: Nightmare, Torture
Antonyms: Delight, Lark

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"She felt hypnotized by the squalor but Marta and her mother didn't seem the least bit embarrassed."
the state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

The guinea pigs cage was a squalor because their owner was neglecting them. (Not me)
Synonyms: Blackness, Dinge
Antonyms: Clean, Spotless

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"When Esperanza saw their menacing faces, she wanted to run back to the safety of the camp, do laundry, clean diapers, anything but this."
suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.

The menacing weather warning predicted a hurricane.
Synonyms: threatening, hopeless
Antonyms: Threatening

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"A few days later, Esperanza heard a terrible scream from of the women and several Writhing gopher snakes."
making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.
The petting zoo had several displays of snakes, writhing and huffing.
Synonyms: Fiddle, Twist, Twine
Antonyms: Untangle, Uncoil

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Deportation
"They call it a voluntary Deportation"
the action of deporting a foreigner from a country.

Synonyms: Exile, Banish
Antonyms: Admission

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"Esperanza and the other women watched the despondent faces in the window disappear"
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

The kid had a despondent face when he went to the office.
Synonyms: Glum, Discouraged
Antonyms: Cheerful, Hopeful