Eng Vocab (test 2/9/04)
Terms
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- aficionado
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devoted follower of some sport or art;
fan;
devotee - caballero
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gentleman;
horseman - caudillo
- military dictator in spanish countries
- Chicano
- American or Mexican descent
- conquistador
- conqueror
- desperado
- bold, dangerous criminal
- duenna
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governess;
elderly chaperon of young women - dulcinea
- sweetheart
- gaucho
- south american cowboy
- grandee
- nobleman of the highest rank
- guerilla
- fighter in irregular military unit engaging in sabotage and harassment
- hidalgo
- member of monor nobility
- junta
- group of military officers controlling govt after coup d'etat
- junto
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group of persons joined for common purpose;
clique;
plotters - Latino
- Latin American
- macho
- man exhibiting a strong sense of masculinity
- matador
- bullfighter assigned to kill bull
- mestizo
- person of mixed American Indian and European ancestry
- peon
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unskilled worker;
landless laborer - picador
- rider on horseback in bullfight who lances the bull to weaken its neck and shoulder muscles
- picaro
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adventurer;
rogue;
wanderer - renegade
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traitor;
deserter - senor
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Spanish speaking man;
gentleman