Vocabulary Words: In the Time of the Butterflies
dissenter:
deification
despotism
mariposas
noun: one who does not conform
noun: the act of treating someone like a god
noun: the exercise of absolute power
noun: butterflies
-pilgrimage:
gaudy:
benefactor
crucifix
noun a long journey made to a sacred place for religious devotion
adj: brilliantly or excessively showy
noun: a person who gives money, or aids with a cause
noun: representation of a cross with a figure of Jesus Christ on it.
-agitators:
desecrate
mulatto
munitions
noun: a person who urges to protest or rebel
verb: to treat with violent disrespect
noun: offspring of one white and one black person
nouns: materials used in war
-Epiphany:
noun: The twelfth day of Christmas when the kings arrive in Bethlehem.
A sudden realization.
noun: Condition where someone is not able to think normally due to fatigue or
stupor:
medication
romanticize verb: to think something is more attractive than it really is
diminutive: adjective someone or something very small
-ominous:
happen
imminent:
succumb:
placate:
adjective
Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to
adjective
verb
verb
Likely to occur at any moment
To give away to a superior force
To make someone less angry or hostile
adj
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what seems unfair
verb
noun
adj
Tell someone a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it
A reprimand or warning
Arrogant or domineering
-indignant
treatment
confide
admonition
imperious