Esperanza Rising Vocabulary by Eleanor Galloway https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo Made with big dreams en-us 2019-03-15 18:30:54 UTC 2023-05-18 13:42:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Torment 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341893851 "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
]]> 2019-03-15 18:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341893851 Strewn 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341898101 "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
 
]]> 2019-03-15 18:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341898101 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341899958 2019-03-15 18:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341899958 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341900275 2019-03-15 18:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341900275 Bedraggled 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341901711 "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

]]> 2019-03-15 18:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341901711 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341903705 2019-03-15 18:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341903705 Squalor 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341904525 "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
]]> 2019-03-15 19:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341904525 Menacing 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341908382 "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
]]> 2019-03-15 19:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341908382 Writhing 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341935809 "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]]> 2019-03-15 21:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341935809 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341936953 Deportation
"They call it a voluntary Deportation"
the action of deporting a foreigner from a country.
Synonyms: Exile, Banish
Antonyms: Admission 

]]> 2019-03-15 21:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341936953 Despondent 348431 https://padlet.com/348431/9tii7ao1g2wo/wish/341937726 "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
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