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English Honors (9) > The Secret Life of Bees (English Vocab) > Flashcards

The Secret Life of Bees (English Vocab) Flashcards

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Presumptuous

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Excessively forward or confident

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Orneriness

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Stubborn and irritable attitude

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Spectacle

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Something to be witnessed because of its impressive nature

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Conjure

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Create from nothing, as if by magic

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Coax

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Gently persuade

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Snuff

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Tobacco in the form of powder, taken by sniffing it

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Carousing

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Druken merrymaking

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Luring

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Offering something tempting in order to persuade

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Sashaying

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Walking with a sway of the hips that intends to attract attention

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Unperturbed

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Not disturbed; not bothered; unruffled

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Riled

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Provoked to anger

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Brazen

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Bold

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13
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Pious

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Deeply religious

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Blaspheme

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Speak of something sacred in an irreverent manner

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Elusive

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Difficult to find, catch, or understand

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Salvation

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Preservation or deliverance from evil or difficulty

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Billows

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Rolling clusters of something such as smoke

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Flounced

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Moved with exaggerated motions expressive of displeasure or impatience

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Snagged

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Caught by a sharp point

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Meander

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Moved casually and leisurely, with no direct route

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Serenade

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Sing or perform a moving musical piece for a specific person

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Revelation

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Newly-discovered information, especially surprising information

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Indignation

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Anger due to injustice or unreasonable action

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Vigilante

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Those who punish lawbreakers themselves instead of relying upon official legal authority

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Eclectic

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Made of elements from several unlike sources

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Agitates

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Stirs up

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Immunity

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Exemption or protection from danger

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Recede

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Lessen or become distant

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Ingenious

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Clever and origninal

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Riotous

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Loud, unrestrained behavior

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Cloister

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Place of religious seclusion and meditation

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Bordello

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House of prostitution

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Excursion

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Short trip

34
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Keel

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Collapse or fall

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Remnants

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Small leftover amounts

36
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Innate

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Possessed at birth; inborn

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Patented

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Registered as one’s own unique idea, process, or product

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Miniscule

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Tiny

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Inferno

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Place of a fiercely burning fire

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Geyser

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Spring that regularly, forcefully eject a stream of hot water or steam up into the air

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Shiftless

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Lazy

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Excruciating

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Extremely painful

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Oblivious

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Completely unaware

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Crevice

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Narrow crack

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