Word+Finder

=Word Finder = = = By: Eddy Gomez

**Proprietary** – D: relating to, involving, or associated with an owner, ownership, or something owned. C: “At a //proprietary// yank from one of the little cousins, Yolanda lets herself be led to the cake table, festive with a lacy white tablecloth and starched party napkins.” (Page 5) **Bougainvillea** – D: a climbing woody plant with insignificant flowers that have attractive red, purple, or pink surrounding leaves (bracts). C: “The late sun sifts through the //bougainvillea// trained to climb the walls of the patio, to thread across the trellis roof, to pour down magenta and purple blossoms.” (Page 6) **Merriment** – D: fun and enjoyment marked by noise and laughter. C: “The little cousins, come forward to join the laughter, eager to be a part of the adult //merriment//.” (Page 9) **Campesino** – D: a farmer or agricultural worker in Latin American countries. C: “Here and there a braid of smoke rises up form a hillside—//campesino// and his family living out their solitary life.” (Page 12) **Hobble** – D: to put restrictions on somebody or something to slow or prevent progress. C: “They pack the trunk quickly, and climb in, but the car has not gone a foot before it lurches forward with a horrible //hobble//.” (Page18) **Docile** – D: quiet, easy to control, and unlikely to cause trouble. C: “The two men stare at her, uncomprehending, rendered //docile// by her gibberish.” (Page 20) **Solace** – D: comfort at a time of sadness, grief, or disappointment. C: “It gave //solace// to the third daughter, who was always so tentative and terrified and had such troubles with men.” (Page 28) **Ensuing** – D: happening next or as a result. C: “In the //ensuing// silence the mother heard the drone of a distant lawnmower.” (Page 54)

Section 2 By Thalia Viana
 1. Santeria (page 114) "She, Primitiva, had found the stash. Primi herself used Baggies in her practice of layman's santeria, concocting powders and potions to make this ache or that rival woman to go away".

2. Concur (page 93) "It would start by my noting the time, midnight, one, one-thirty, and saying "Well, I'm going to bed." Rudy would concur, "Me too," but then, he wouldn't move from his place at the foot of my bed next to my desk where I sat writing".

3. Preliminaries (page 91) "I picked the pencil out of his palm and was glad it had been sharpened to a stub so he couldn't see my name in gold letters inscribed on the side. "Thank you," I said, shifting my weight on my feet and touching the door knob, little moves, polite preliminaries to closing the door".

4. Dearth (page 90) "He turned to his other neighbor, who didn't have a pen either. The word went round. Anyone have an extra pen? No one. There was a dearth of pens that day in class".

5. Untenured (page 88) "The professor walked in, a young guy in a turtleneck and jacket, the uniform of the //with it// professors of the day; he had that edge of the untenured, too eager, too many handouts, too many //please feel frees// on his syllabus, a home number as well as an office number".

6. Admonished (page 87) "I had to look up the world in the dictionary and was relieved to find out it didn't mean I had problems. English was then still a party favor for me-crack open the dictionary, find out if I'd just been insulted, praised, admonished, criticized".

7. Endearment (page 66) "Your language'', the mother scolds absently, and then, as if the words were an endearment, she coos them at her granddaughter, "your language".

8. Croon (page 66) "The mother puts out her arms."Come here, Cuca," she croons, taking the baby from Fifi's hands. She clucks into the blanket."

=By Wendy Benitez= - Pgs. 174-232

1. Maitre d' (Page 177) "Sandy turned to see the maitre d' heading in their direction with a tall, dressed up woman, and behind her, a towering, preoccupied-looking man.

2. Valium (Page 177) "The job was a piece of cake, Dr. Fanning explained, mostly keeping rich widows in Valium, but heck, the pay was good."

Pages 232-290 by Sarah Stucky

1. Amassing: To gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure- page 236 2. Glowering: To look or stare angrily or sullenly- page 234 3. Hibiscus: Any various chiefly tropical shrubs or trees of the genus- page 248 4. Taut: Pulled or drawn tight; no slack- page 251 5. Canasta: A card game for 2-6 players, related to rummy and requiring 2-3 deck of cards- page 256 6. Quavery: To quiver, as from weakness; tremble- page 268 7. Muddled: To make turbid or buddy- page 270 8. Jalousies: A blind or shutter having adjustable horizontal slats for regulations the passage of air and light- page 272 9. Lore: Accumilated facts traditions or beliefs about a particular subject 10. Imperative: Expressing a command or plea- page 281