Unit 6: Selection Vocabulary 4

This list covers "New Directions," "Choices" and Cuentos de Josefina.
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  1. burdensome
    not easily borne or endured; causing hardship
    To this picture add a disastrous marriage and the burdensome fact that Mrs. Johnson was a Negro.
  2. concede
    admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
    When she told her husband, Mr. William Johnson, of her dissatisfaction with their marriage, he conceded that he too found it to be less than he expected, and had been secretly hoping to leave and study religion.
  3. domestic
    a servant paid to perform tasks around the household
    Annie, over six feet tall, big-boned, decided that she would not go to work as a domestic and leave her "precious babes" to anyone else's care.
  4. meticulously
    in a manner marked by extreme care of details
    She made her plans meticulously and in secret.
  5. assess
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
    Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction.
  6. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction.
  7. satisfied
    filled with contentment
    if i can’t have
    what I want...then
    my job is to want
    what i’ve got
    and be satisfied
    that at least there
    is something more
    to want
  8. parallel
    being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
    since i can’t go
    where i need
    to go...then I must...go
    where the signs point
    though always understanding
    parallel movement
    isn’t lateral
  9. lateral
    situated at or extending to the side
    since i can’t go
    where i need
    to go...then I must...go
    where the signs point
    though always understanding
    parallel movement
    isn’t lateral
  10. express
    communicate beliefs or opinions
    when i can’t express
    what i really feel
    i practice feeling
    what i can express
  11. equal
    having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
    and none of it is equal
    i know
    but that’s why mankind
    alone among the mammals
    learns to cry
  12. clause
    a separate section of a legal document
    There’s a clause here that says we’re forbidden to plant in the west garden.
  13. contain
    hold or have within
    Every squash they opened contained a precious metal.
  14. superstitious
    showing faith in magic and ignorance of the laws of nature
    ELVIRA: Don’t be superstitious.
  15. renovate
    restore to a previous or better condition
    And this time we have enough money to renovate the house. Hey, we might even buy the land next door and expand!!!
  16. consequence
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
    LA TÍA: And now you’ve discovered the consequences.
Created on Tue Nov 10 14:35:07 EST 2020 (updated Fri Nov 13 11:59:23 EST 2020)

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