Like Water for Chocolate

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Asylum

An institution designed to care for those with physical or mental illnesses

Brood

To contemplate something unpleasant

Carreno's Manual

An etiquette manual used to teach the De la Garza girls how do behave in social settings

Conspirators

People who plot something illegal or secretive together

Cower

To crouch or kneel down as in fear

Declaim

To protest against or criticize something

Dovecote

Structure made to house pigeons or doves

Indefatigable

Tireless; without becoming tired

Infuriate

To make angry

Insomnia

Characterized by an inability to sleep

Ipecac

Drug used to induce vomiting

Kindle

To set on fire or inspire emotion

Magical Realism

Genre of fiction that presents magical occurrences in a straightforward fashion as though they are normal, and that joins reality and fantasy

Paraplegic

A person who is paralyzed from the waist down

Phosphorous

A chemical substance

Prestidigitation

Performance of magic using one's hands

Purgative

A laxative, loosens the bowels

Putrid

Emitting an undesirable smell sometimes due to rotting

Rebozo

A woman's garment worn in Mexico. Typically rectangular in shape, Rebozos come in various sizes.

Succulent

Tasty, moist