AP Spanish Vocab #7

amanecer

to dawn

tibio/a/os/as

warm

gabinete

cabinet/office

postizo/a/os/as

false

yeso

cast (plaster)

dorado/a/os/as

golden

alcalde

mayor

muela

molar

la fresa

drill

girar

to rotate

umbral

threshold

hinchar

to swell

hervir (e-ie)

to boil

maníbula

jaw

cacerola

sauce pan

pinzas

pinchers

riñones

kidneys

amargo/a/os/as

bitter

ternura

tenderness

crujido/crujir

crunching

escupidera

spittoon

escupir

to spit

trapo

rag

teleraña

spider web

polvorienta/o/os/as

dusty

hacer buches

to gargle

estirar

to stretch

murciélago

bat (critter)

chillar

to shout/protest

canasta

basket

etapa

phase/stage

escena

scene

sobresaltarse

to startle

fijo/a/os/as

fixed/set

comején

termite

bombilla

lightbulb

certeza

certainty

hierro

iron

susurrar

to whisper

venganza

revenge

esparto

wicker (twigs used to make baskets)

leña

firewood

el/la posadero/a

innkeeper

mendigar

to beg

el pedazo

piece

reposar

to rest

el alba

dawn/daybreak

boquiabierta

open jawed

el altillo

attic

delantal

apron

ira

rage

tierno/a

tender

ADN

DNA

encías

gums (mouth)

el odio

hatred

artífice

author/architect

campar a sus anchas

to do one's thing

salpicar

to splash

replegarse

to withdraw

acoso

harassment

el patrón

boss/pattern

perjudicar

to malign

cobijar

to cover