Dreaming in Cuban Vocab List

Question 1

Indignation

Answer 1

A feeling of righteous anger

Question 2

Unadorned

Answer 2

Not decorated; plain

Question 3

Enigma

Answer 3

Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. A difficult problem, puzzling, mystery.

Question 4

Fastidious

Answer 4

Giving careful attention to detail, hard to please, concerned with cleanliness

Question 5

Subversive

Answer 5

In opposition to civil government or authority. Supporter of revolution

Question 6

Pallid

Answer 6

Absent of color, pale, dim, suggesting physical or emotional distress

Question 7

Solace

Answer 7

Comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable. Consoling.

Question 8

Debilitating

Answer 8

Impairing strength; make weaker

Question 9

Martyr

Answer 9

Someone who is killed because of religion or political beliefs

Question 10

Emissary

Answer 10

Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

Question 11

Gaunt

Answer 11

Very thin especially from disease, hunger, or cold

Question 12

Disdainfully

Answer 12

Without respect, and disapproving

Question 13

Despondent

Answer 13

Hopeless

Question 14

Clandestine

Answer 14

Something done in secret; hidden aims or methods

Question 15

Alluring

Answer 15

Highly attractive, tempting, enticing

Question 16

Arbitrary

Answer 16

Chosen at random or on a personal whim, rather than any reason or system.