Glossary
- ample
- More than enough.
- azure
- A light purplish blue.
- capital
- Money to invest.
- chamois
- A type of soft leather.
- channels
- Routes.
- deprivation
- Not having everything one needs.
- distribution
- Giving out.
- domestic service
- Housework.
- domestic service industry
- All those who are paid to work in homes providing housecleaning, child-care, and cooking services.
- employed
- Hired.
- enhanced
- Made greater.
- father
- Priest.
- fatigue
- Hard work and exhaustion.
- liberation
- Freedom.
- luxury
- Something that is not needed, but makes one happy or comfortable.
- pesticides
- Chemicals used to kill insects on crops.
- pioneers for seven [years]
- Refers to the fact that the farm workers began the first farm workers union seven years earlier.
- practicable
- Usable for a specific purpose.
- preserve
- To protect from destruction.
- reaches
- Parts.
- relegates
- Banishes.
- rim of the sky
- Horizon.
- scarlet
- Bright red.
- sublimely
- Impressively.
- summits
- The highest parts of a mountain.
- tame
- To get under control.
- torrents
- Fast-moving streams.
- trade
- An occupation, especially one requiring skilled labor, such as carpentry or plumbing.
- value of all property interests
- How much all property is worth.
- volume
- Amount.
- wake
- Tracks.
- wanting
- Needed.