The person in charge of supervising other workers
What is foreman?
Snuggled, bunched, congregated, crowded, packed…
What is huddled?
Mama’s _______ changed.
What is demeanor?
They walked to the end of the row, where the incline of the land formed a grassy swell.
What is an upward slant?
Not giving up or stopping
What is persistent?
Braided, woven
What is plaited?
He was ______ by the locomotive, watching it slowly pull away.
What is mesemerized?
In front of the adults, Esperanza modeled Mama’s refined manners, accepting Marisol’s condolences.
What is to have sympathy?
Thinking in deep thought
What is trance?
Smoking; lightly burning
What is smoldering?
After a few seconds, she ______ lifted the diaper from the water.
What is gingerly?
Avoiding the smoldering piles, she picked through the black wood, hoping to find something to salvage.
What is to save or rescue?
A long curved knife
What is scythe?
Suffocated, covered, choked
What is smothered?
She quickly wrapped her hand in the corner of her apron, and dismissed the ________.
What is premonition?
Her face flushed again at the thought of the ridicule.
What is to make fun of someone?
Not running or flowing, not moving
What is stagnant?
Careless, impulsive, unpredictable
What is capricious?
What is indignation?
Tomorrow was her birthday and she knew she would be serenaded at sunrise.
What is to sing to someone?