The House on Mango Street pgs. 1-74 Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. A passage (as in a store or warehouse) for inside traffic
  2. 6. To purify or cleanse spiritually especially by a purging experience or ordeal; to give a name to (as at a baptism)
  3. 8. A ballroom dance of Haitian and Dominican origin in 2/4 time in which one foot is dragged on every step, or the music for such a dance
  4. 10. (Spanish) A spirit; A supernatural being or essence
  5. 11. Something that serves to hold an object firmly
  6. 13. Lacking force, vitality, or spirit
  7. 14. A xylophone of southern Africa and Central America with resonators beneath each bar
  8. 15. (Spanish) A kind, informal name for a grandfather (the father of one's father or mother)
Down
  1. 1. A branched, often ornate lighting fixture suspended from a ceiling
  2. 2. A small cafeteria or snack bar
  3. 3. A drinking vessel (as of a glass) with a foot and stem
  4. 5. Any of the various birds noted for their sweet song or singing at night
  5. 7. To pass from a higher place or level to a lower one
  6. 9. Exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality; Extremely intense
  7. 12. A usually ornamental column or shaft