Collection 6: Cloudy Day

As you read Jimmy Santiago Baca's "Cloudy Day," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 10's Collection 6: Letter from Birmingham Jail, Revolution 2.0, Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin, The Briefcase, Cloudy Day
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  1. seethe
    be in an agitated emotional state
  2. cellblock
    a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
  3. huddle
    crouch or curl up
  4. haunch
    the upper thigh and back of the hip in human beings
  5. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  6. gust
    a strong current of air
  7. grasp
    hold firmly
  8. hollow
    not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
  9. brim
    the top edge of a vessel or other container
  10. gird
    bind with something round or circular
  11. barbwire
    strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
  12. intently
    with strained or eager attention
  13. flick
    twitch or flutter
  14. endure
    continue to live through hardship or adversity
  15. tremble
    move quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
Created on Fri Jul 18 15:56:00 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:15:11 EDT 2014)

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