Unit 1: Call Me Maria

Learn these words from the first-person narrative by Judith Ortiz Cofer (Inside: Level A, Unit 1).

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  1. barrio
    a district in a Spanish-speaking country
  2. paradise
    any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
  3. island
    a land mass that is surrounded by water
  4. understand
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
  5. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  6. plaza
    a public square with room for pedestrians
  7. pueblo
    a Native American village in the southwestern United States
  8. unison
    the act of occurring together or simultaneously
  9. attention
    the faculty or power of mental concentration
  10. respect
    show high regard towards
  11. violence
    a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction
  12. mocking
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  13. interrupt
    make a break in
  14. battle
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  15. melodramatic
    characteristic of acting or a stage performance
Created on Fri Aug 05 12:26:57 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Aug 17 15:05:10 EDT 2016)

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