English 9 Vocabulary
Lesson 21
Words from Spanish
Vocabulary List
1) Aficionado
6) Hacienda
2) Bonanza
7) Junta
3) Bravado
8) Peccadillo
4) Embargo
9) Peon
5) Flotilla
10)Renegade
Aficionado (noun)
a)
A fan; an enthusiastic admirer
EX. Melanie is an aficionado of the sport of
water polo and enjoys cheering for her
favorite team.
Bonanza (noun)
a)
b)
A source of wealth or luck
A rich mine
EX. The hit play was a box-office bonanza
that made its author and producers rich.
Bravado (noun)
a)
False bravery; swaggering courage
EX. Simon was merely displaying bravado
in challenging the champion to a game.
Embargo (noun; verb)
a)
b)
c)
A government order preventing or
prohibiting trade with a given nation
A prohibition
To impose an embargo upon
EX. The American embargo against
importing Cuban sugar is long-standing.
Flotilla (noun)
a)
b)
A small fleet
A small group resembling a small fleet of
ships
EX. The flotilla of Christopher Columbus
included the Nina, Pinta, and Santa
Maria.
Hacienda (noun)
a)
b)
A large estate, ranch, or plantation
The main house of such an estate
EX. The Gutierrezes are very wealthy and
easily maintain a large hacienda near
Cuernavaca.
Junta (noun)
a)
A group of rulers, particularly one seizing
power after the overthrow of a
government
EX. After years of careful planning, the
junta seized power and ruled for many
years.
Peccadillo (noun)
a)
A small fault or transgression
EX. “I don’t criticize his peccadillos
because my own faults are enormous,”
Larry admitted.
Peon (noun)
a)
An unskilled laborer; a farm worker
EX. For very little money, peons were
expected to work long hours in the hot
sun.
Renegade (noun)
a)
A traitor or outlaw; a rebel
EX. The Whigs considered Lord Cavendish a
renegade for voting with the Tories.