Bless Me, Ultima Vocab List #1

1. Nuestra casa es su casa our house is your house

2. cuentos stories
3. conquistadores conqueror (Spanish)
4. la familia the family
5. llano flat; a plain
6. vaquero a cowboy
7. compadres friends
8. tejanos Texans; jeans (denim)
9. ranchero rancher
10. succulent tender or juicy; a succulent plant
11. endowed given or bequeathed property or income; provided with a quality, ability, or asset
12. Madonna the Virgin Mary
13. wrought beaten or out of shape by hammering
14. la llorona Weeping Woman lures unsuspecting men
15. teeming be full of or swarming with
16. lingered to stay in a place for a long time; to be slow to disappear or die
17. amigo friend
18. arroyo stream
19. dysentery infection of the intestines w/ diarrhea
20. intoned little rise and fall of pitch of the voice
21. labyrinth a maze
22. droning to make a continuous low humming noise
23. curandera witch doctor; spiritual healer
24. gnarled knobbly; rough and twisted, especially with age
25. plaintive sounding sad and mournful