VOCABULARY 1
MISERABLE
VERY UNHAPPY; UPSET
HUE
COLOR; SHADE OF A COLOR
EMBRACE
HUG
CITY THE STORY IS SET IN
PATERSON, NJ
DAY THE STORY IS SET ON
THE DAY JFK WAS ASSASSINATED
DISMISSAL
ALLOW TO LEAVE
STOCKY
SHORT AND HEAVY/BROAD
VIGILANT
EUGENE AND HIS PARENTS LIVED IN THIS STATE PRIOR TO MOVING TO NEW JERSEY
GEORGIA
NAME OF THE SCHOOL ELENA AND EUGENE ATTEND
P.S. 13
DILAPIDATED
IN BAD CONDITION BECAUSE OF AGE OR LACK OF CARE
INFATUATED
FOOLISHLY IN LOVE
WAIL
TO CRY LOUDLY
CAREER ELENA PLANS TO PURSUE
TEACHER
NAME OF ELENA'S GYM TEACHER
MR. De PALMA
REFUSE TO ACCEPT, LOVE, OR CARE FOR
ELATION
HAPPINESS
DISCREET
careful about not allowing something to be known or noticed by many people
ONE WAY THAT ELENA IS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
GIRLS AT SCHOOL ASKED IF SHE HAD EATEN BEANS, RICE, AND PORK CHOP; NOT ABLE TO TAKE HONORS CLASSES; EUGENE'S MOTHER
COUNTRY ELENA'S FAMILY IS FROM
PUERTO RICO
SNOBBERY
ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE
HIERARCHY
a group that controls an organization and is divided into different levels
EMERGE
TO COME OUT FROM
HOW DOES EUGENE'S MOTHER TREAT ELENA?
ELENA'S MOTHER TOLD HER THAT SHE IS "HEADING FOR HUMILIATION AND ___"
PAIN