sacrament
a holy ceremony
bodega
a small, local corner market
pew
a bench which has a back, usually in a church
sancocho
a kind of stew
intuition
instinct
distraught
upset
gibberish
nonsense
premonition
a feeling of foreboding
chancletas
cheap sandals
volition
will
Eucharist
one of the sacraments, also known as communion; it entails drinking the wine that represents Christ's blood and eating the bread which represents Christ's body
parable
a story with a moral
condones
approves of
cacophony
harsh, jarring mixture of sounds
bristle
to take offense to, to adopt an aggressive stance
solace
comfort
bootleg
unauthorized version
bachata
a genre of popular song and dance of the Dominican Republic performed with guitars and percussion (m-w.com)
persona
an assumed character or personality
fiend
addict
