- Wiki-cabulary: i.e. all vocabulary words and appropriate definitions this will be ongoing, but you will need to include the title of the work for us to easily identify where to find these words.
Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.
Pestilential: tending to cause infectious diseases
Avarice: extreme greed for wealth or material gain
Inhabitants: a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place
Apprehension: anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen
Clamour: a loud and confused noise, esp. that of people shouting vehemently
Loathsome: arousing intense dislike and disgust
Copious: plentiful; abundant
Improvident: shortsighted; failing to provide for the future
Procured: to obtain something, especially by effort, to provide somebody for prostitution
Dejected: feeling or showing sadness and lack of hope, especially because of disappointment
Accursed: enduring the effects of a curse; horrible or hateful
Quadrant: a 90 degree arc representing one fourth of the circumference of a circle. The area bounded by a quadrant and the two perpendicular lines that connect it to the center of the circle.
Kindred: close to somebody or something else because of similar qualities or interests.
Wilfred Owen: Dulce et Decorum Est
Trudge: to walk, esp. laboriously or wearily: to trudge up a long flight of steps
Fatigue: weariness from bodily or mental exertion; a cause of weariness; slow ordeal; exertion; the fatigue of driving for many hours.
Floundering: to make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
Ecstasy: an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling.
Writhing: to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort.
Cud: the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
Vile: repulsive or disgusting, as to the senses of feelings.
Zest: hearty enjoyment.
Ardent: having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent.
Tim O'Brien: Ambush.
Peril: exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost.
Gape: to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
Ammunition: the material fired, scattered, dropped or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and esp. shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
Repellent: something that repels, as a substance that keeps away insects.
Platoon: a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
Mr Khe: place in Vietman.
Aurora Levins Morales and Rosario Morales: "Ending Poem".
Metiza [Spanish]: a woman of mixed racial ancestry, especially one of mixed European and Native American ancestry.
Diaspora: a migration or scattering of a group of people
Jibara [Spanish]: a girl or woman of rural Puerto Rico, female peasant
Shtetl: one of the small Jewish communities formerly found in Eastern Europe.
Forbears: ancestors (a variant spelling of forebears).
Mija, negra, ne [Spanish]: affectionate terms for girls or women.
Caribena [Spanish]: a girl or woman of the Caribbean islands.
Boricua [Spanish]: Puerto Rican
Pat Mora: “Legal Alien".
Bi-Lingual: using or able to use two languages especially with equal fluency
Bi-cultural: of, relating to, or including two distinct cultures
Exotic: strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual. introduced from another country : not native to the place where found
Inferior: of low or lower degree or rank
Alien: belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing.
Token: an outward sign or expression
Bi-lateral: having two sides. affecting reciprocally two nations or parties
Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales: I am Joaquin/Yo Soy Joaquin.
Gringo: a foreigner in Spain or Latin America especially when of English or American origin; broadly : a non-Hispanic person
Paradox: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true
Neurosis: a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, does not result in disturbance of the use of language, and is accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias)
Sterilization: to make sterile: as a: to cause (land) to become unfruitful.
Vanquished: to gain mastery over (an emotion, passion, or temptation)
Moors: followers of the religion of Islam who conquered Spain during the 700s and who lost most of their territory by the late 1200s
Barrios: a Spanish-speaking quarter or neighborhood in a city or town in the United States especially in the Southwest
Bigotry: a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
Dejection: lowness of spirits
Exploitation: to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage
Mariachi: a Mexican street band; also : a musician belonging to such a band
Barren: not reproducing: as a: incapable of producing offspring —used especially of females or matings.
Genre: a type of work of literature.
Symbolism: something that represents something greater than itself.
Imagery: language that reflects on your five senses.
Plot: sequence of events.
Characters: the people in a work of literature.
Setting: the place where the story takes place.
Conflicts (internal/external): a problem going on in the story between two forces.
Point of View: the view in which the story is told.
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