The Secret Life of Bees (English Vocab)

Question 1

Presumptuous

Answer 1

Excessively forward or confident

Question 2

Orneriness

Answer 2

Stubborn and irritable attitude

Question 3

Spectacle

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Something to be witnessed because of its impressive nature

Question 4

Conjure

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Create from nothing, as if by magic

Question 5

Coax

Answer 5

Gently persuade

Question 6

Snuff

Answer 6

Tobacco in the form of powder, taken by sniffing it

Question 7

Carousing

Answer 7

Druken merrymaking

Question 8

Luring

Answer 8

Offering something tempting in order to persuade

Question 9

Sashaying

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Unperturbed

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Not disturbed; not bothered; unruffled

Question 11

Riled

Answer 11

Provoked to anger

Question 12

Brazen

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Bold

Question 13

Pious

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Deeply religious

Question 14

Blaspheme

Answer 14

Speak of something sacred in an irreverent manner

Question 15

Elusive

Answer 15

Difficult to find, catch, or understand

Question 16

Salvation

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Preservation or deliverance from evil or difficulty

Question 17

Billows

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Rolling clusters of something such as smoke

Question 18

Flounced

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Moved with exaggerated motions expressive of displeasure or impatience

Question 19

Snagged

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Caught by a sharp point

Question 20

Meander

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Moved casually and leisurely, with no direct route

Question 21

Serenade

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Sing or perform a moving musical piece for a specific person

Question 22

Revelation

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Newly-discovered information, especially surprising information

Question 23

Indignation

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Anger due to injustice or unreasonable action

Question 24

Vigilante

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

Question 25

Eclectic

Answer 25

Made of elements from several unlike sources

Question 26

Agitates

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Stirs up

Question 27

Immunity

Answer 27

Exemption or protection from danger

Question 28

Recede

Answer 28

Lessen or become distant

Question 29

Ingenious

Answer 29

Clever and origninal

Question 30

Riotous

Answer 30

Loud, unrestrained behavior

Question 31

Cloister

Answer 31

Place of religious seclusion and meditation

Question 32

Bordello

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House of prostitution

Question 33

Excursion

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Short trip

Question 34

Keel

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Collapse or fall

Question 35

Remnants

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Small leftover amounts

Question 36

Innate

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Possessed at birth; inborn

Question 37

Patented

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

Question 38

Miniscule

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Tiny

Question 39

Inferno

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Place of a fiercely burning fire

Question 40

Geyser

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

Question 41

Shiftless

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Lazy

Question 42

Excruciating

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Extremely painful

Question 43

Oblivious

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Completely unaware

Question 44

Crevice

Answer 44

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