The House on Mango Street, The House on Mango Street vocabulary

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Common Core alignment to a Definition Match puzzle is to the key phrase "Precise Meaning".
CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c

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The House on Mango Street

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Word List

1)	temporary
2)	naphta
3)	cumulus
4)	canteen
5)	Rapunzel
6)	inherit
7)	bazaar
8)	automatically
9)	goblet
10)	linoleum
11)	invisible
12)	somersault

Definition List

A) spontaneously; instinctively; acting without thought (adv.)

B) marketplace with rows of small shops; fair selling items to raise money (n.)

C) small container to carry liquids; place to relax for military personnel (n.)

D) dense puffy cloud with rounded outlines piled high (n.)

E) a drinking glass with a foot and stem (n.)

F) to receive by legal right at a death; to have handed on after death (v.)

G) impossible to see; being so small as to be unnoticed (adj.)

H) floor covering with a canvas back and a hard surface (n.)

I) flammable liquid used to dissolve substances (n.)

J) girl in a Grimm fairy tale with long hair trapped in a tower (n.)

K) leap or roll where a person turns heels over head (n.)

L) not permanent: lasting for a limited time (adj.)