Poet X: Part 1 Vocabulary

4. a ceremony regarded as especially sacred, eg marriage, or baptism
5. a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order or congregation.
7. a Caribbean style of dance music typically associated with Dominica and Haiti
8. neighborhood in New York City
12. having very modern technology or design
15. the quality of being religious or reverent
18. (Sp. Slang)drug dealers
19. done or existing alone.
21. a short stiff hair, whisker
24. a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean (abbreviated D.R.)
25. (Sp.)neighborhood
26. a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.
27. look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought.

1. sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane
2. excessively proud of oneself; vain.
3. a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five
6. a load, typically a heavy one.
9. shelter or protection from danger
10. a long bench with a back, placed in rows in the main part of some churches to seat the congregation.
11. a series of contests between several competitors, who compete for an overall prize
13. overbalance or become unsteady and fall slowly
14. a borough of New York City
16. able to be foreseen or predicted
17. (Sp.)flip flops
20. having a major impact or effect
22. a shake or sway of the body
23. a small grocery store