Cabeza de Vaca: from "La Relacion" - Vocab

Question 1

La Relacion

Answer 1

• noun
• the account
• Cabeza de Vaca returned to Spain, where he wrote his account of the expedition, La Relacion, as a report to the king

Question 2

cauterize

Answer 2

• verb
• to burn or sear to destroy diseased tissue
• The medicine-man makes incisions over the point of the pain, sucks the wound, and cauterizes it

Question 3

ingratiate

Answer 3

• verb
• to gain another’s favor by deliberate effort
• they advanced, and we did our best to placate and ingratiate

Question 4

inundate

Answer 4

• verb
• to cover with water; to overwhelm with a large amount
• we had rowed two crossbow shots from shore when a wave inundated us

Question 5

locomotion

Answer 5

• noun
• the power to move from place to place
• the men began to regain their senses, their locomotion, and their hope

Question 6

not a correct use

Answer 6

• if you do no pass the exam, you will inundate your grade
• do no ingratiate yourself by eating too much pie
• the old rancher cauterized the name of the ranch on a metal sign high above the gate
• i plan to locomotion to work
• the girl ingratiated herself to her friend by gossiping about her behind her back