vocabulary padlet by Carlo Salinas https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis Made with big dreams en-us 2021-08-16 13:43:56 UTC 2026-02-24 21:36:25 UTC hello@padlet.com kerosene giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682172489 The odors of onions and oranges and kerosene had been mixing all night and wouldn't be disturbed until the wooded slat was removed from the door and the early morning air forced its way in with the bodies of people who had walked miles to reach the pickup place. 

root word-keros

definition in context-oil lamp]]> 2021-08-17 13:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682172489 calamitous quincyr1002 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682202510 our parents decided to put an end to there calamitous marriage




root word: calamity 


definition in context: disastrous]]> 2021-08-17 14:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682202510 fiscal liamm1011 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682217727
Two fiscal points of interest supplied the works need for a few years. 

root word: fiscus  

Definition in context:  relating to government bills revenue, 




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]]> 2021-08-17 14:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682217727 Sparse gabrielc1058 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682218685 root word: spare

Definition in context: Thinly spread not dense.

If he prophesied that the cotton in today's field was going to be Sparse and stick to the bolls like glue,every listener would grunt a hearty agreement.



]]> 2021-08-17 14:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682218685 troubadour quincyr1002 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682239725 On Saturdays, barbers sat their customers in the shade of the porch  of the store, and troubadours on their ceaseless crawlings through the south leaned across its benches and sang their sad songs of The Brazos while they played juice harps and cigar-box guitars. 


root word trobar 


definition in context: french lyric ]]> 2021-08-17 14:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1682239725 commissary liamm1011 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1708312192
my grandmother, not to mention the staggering bill that waited on them at the white commissary downtown.

root word: commissary

Definition in context: a restaurant


]]> 2021-09-01 00:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1708312192 Grunt and Scuffle giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1710367940 Something in the darkness outside his room moved with a grunt and a scuffle.

Root word: grunt, scuff


Definition in context: low, short guttural sound, a short confused fight.]]> 2021-09-01 16:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1710367940 Flailed giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1710378988 He kicked and flailed in a panic, but one of the shadows caught his ankle and dragged him face-first across his bed.

Root word: flail 

Definition in context: struggle uselessly ]]> 2021-09-01 16:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1710378988 Jerked giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1710592370 Two more of the men jerked Josef away and held him as he fought against them.

Root word: jerk

Definition in context: move with a jerk]]> 2021-09-01 18:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1710592370 Scrawny giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1716155263 It only took two tries to get the scrawny calico kitten to come out from under the pick cinder-block house and eat from Isabel Fernandez's hand.

Root word: scrawny

Definition in context: thin and boney  ]]> 2021-09-03 23:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1716155263 Scowled giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1716161871 The Brownshirt scowled at the noise and gave the man and gave the man carrying Aaron Landau a dismissive wave.

Root word: scowl 

Definition in context: frown in a angry way  ]]> 2021-09-03 23:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1716161871 Dismissive giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1716164217 The Brownshirt scowled at the noise and gave the man and gave the man carrying Aaron Landau a dismissive wave.

Root word: dismiss

Definition in context: contemptuous]]> 2021-09-03 23:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1716164217 Famine giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862489800 Famine has killed 260,000 Somalis.

Root word- famine

Definition in context- starvation ]]> 2021-11-02 18:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862489800 Perilous giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862497170 In the 1600's some 20,000 people made the perilous journey from England across the 
Atlantic Ocean so they could practice their Protestant faith freely in the New World.

Root word- peril 

Definition in context- Dangerous
]]> 2021-11-02 18:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862497170 Remote giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862505602 The camps are all located in a large, remote area.

Root word- remote

Definition in context- Far]]> 2021-11-02 18:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862505602 Durable giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862769729  It has food, water, durable shelters, and a health clinic

root word- durable 

Definition in context- tough]]> 2021-11-02 20:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862769729 Arduous giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862803501 Instead, she would have to lug water from the camp’s well, a time-consuming and arduous chore

root word- arduous

Definition in context- difficult ]]> 2021-11-02 20:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1862803501 Landmark giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1865237986 A 
landmark law 
passed earlier this year allows 
refugees in Ethiopia to legally go 
to school and get jobs, driver’s 
licenses, and bank accounts.

root word- landmark

Definition in context- Monument
]]> 2021-11-03 16:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1865237986 White= New giancarlos1000 https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1887144976 2021-11-12 17:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/giancarlos1000/tzjdgxfenwap6iis/wish/1887144976