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Vera Q. (United States of America)
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  1. burrito
    a flour tortilla folded around a filling
  2. gazpacho
    a cold soup made with tomatoes
  3. alligator
    an amphibious reptile related to crocodiles
  4. chinchilla
    small rodent with soft pearly grey fur
  5. pueblo
    a Native American village in the southwestern United States
  6. quesadilla
    a tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated
  7. flamenco
    a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies
  8. cabana
    a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or pool
  9. filibuster
    a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
  10. cilantro
    Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley
  11. mesa
    flat tableland with steep edges
  12. cafeteria
    a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
  13. mantilla
    a woman's silk or lace scarf
  14. cedilla
    a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
  15. Amarillo
    a city in the northern panhandle of Texas
  16. bolero
    a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar
  17. embargo
    a government order imposing a trade barrier
  18. mariachi
    a group of traditional Mexican folk musicians
  19. canasta
    a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers
  20. machismo
    exaggerated masculinity
  21. hacienda
    the main house on a ranch or large estate
  22. flotilla
    a fleet of small craft
  23. vigilante
    a person who takes the law into his or her own hands
  24. tortilla
    thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
  25. fiesta
    a public celebration or party
  26. bongo
    a small drum; played with the hands
  27. oregano
    aromatic Eurasian perennial
  28. buffalo
    a ruminant mammal resembling an ox
  29. Alamo
    a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836
  30. Argentine
    of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people
  31. cordovan
    a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain
  32. tomatillo
    Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
  33. sierra
    a range of mountains
  34. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  35. sombrero
    a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim
  36. bonanza
    a sudden happening that brings good fortune
  37. enchilada
    filled tortilla baked in chili-seasoned tomato sauce
  38. fandango
    a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time
  39. tornado
    a violently destructive windstorm occurring over land
  40. adios
    a farewell remark
  41. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  42. vanilla
    any of numerous climbing plants having fleshy leaves
  43. anchovy
    small herring-like fish often canned whole or as paste
  44. junco
    small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
  45. castanets
    pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone made to click together
  46. lariat
    a long looped rope used to catch animals
  47. renegade
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
  48. barrio
    a district in a Spanish-speaking country
  49. bolivar
    the basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos
  50. desperado
    a bold outlaw
  51. duenna
    a woman chaperon
  52. sassafras
    yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
  53. novillero
    a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age
  54. punctilio
    a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
  55. picaresque
    (of fiction) involving clever rogues or adventurers
  56. vaquero
    a cowboy or cattle driver
  57. sarsaparilla
    any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
  58. conquistador
    a 16th-century Spanish conqueror of Peru and Mexico
Created on 二月 1, 2011 (updated 二月 1, 2011)

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