BMU Vocab #2

irrevocable (adj)

unable to be taken back; cannot be overturned

stoically (adv)

done without showing any emotion

chango (n)

Spanish: monkey or “kid” (slang)

vatos (n)

Spanish: “dudes”

admonish (v)

to scold

decree (v)

to declare as a law

mesas (n)

Spanish: tables or plateaus

abuelo (n)

Spanish: grandfather

la muerte )n)

Spanish: death

pueblo (n)

Spanish: people in a town; town

contrivance (n)

something made up like a plan

toma (n)

Spanish: a conquest; “Take that!” (slang)

vieja (n)

Spanish: old woman

abate (v)

to make less

mantas (n)

Spanish: blankets

bravado (n)

an over-the-top display of courage

pallor (n)

the state of being pale

acrid (adj)

sharply stinging or bitter; pungent in taste or odor

tempest (n)

a storm

contemptuous (adj)

hateful