Mrs. Cruz10th grade

Vocabulary WordsMore RoomJudith Ortiz Cofer

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• Snail or Mollusk that haves a spiral chambered shell that is pearly on the inside

Nautilus

• Having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell.

Acrid

• A piece of furniture with drawers on one side and hanging space on the other.

Chifforobe

• Make or become less.

Diminish

• Distribute or spread over a wide area.

Dispersed

• Well meaning and kindly.

Benevolent

• A poem meant to be sung.

Odes

• Capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile.

Fecund

• Agree to a demand, request.

Acceded

A state of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.

Frenzy

• A Church Tower.

Spire

To come or send forth, as from a source. (Light that emanated from a lamp; a stove that emanated a steady heat.)

Emanate

• Beady; covered with beads or jewels.

Sequined

• Supreme authority.

Dominion

A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.

Genealogy

• Each of a set of posts or piles supporting a building above the ground.

Stilts

• The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.

Chronology

• A representation of a cross with a figure of Jesus Christ on it.

Crucifix

• Any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume.

Herb

• improvement in the condition or strength.

Revival

• A person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm.

Temper

• A beautiful girl or woman.

Belle

• A person's entire collection of clothes.

Wardrobe

• A string of beads for keeping count in a devotion.

Rosary

• A chest of drawers.

Dresser

• Write 10 sentences using vocabulary words.

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