Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez Glossary

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envied

jealousy

ironies

sarcasm

exactitude

being exact

tenderness

gentleness

mundane

dull

elegance

sophistication

grandeur

splendour

creeds

statement of Christian beliefs

condescension

to look down at someone with disdain

wrath

anger

contemplation

to think over something

bewildering

perplexing

fatalistic

all events are down to fate

Intimacy

close familiarity

ridicule

to make a mockery of

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