The Secret Life of Bees Word List

Shannon R. (United States of America) Vocabulary.com Contributor
Here are a few of the many words that could be pulled out of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees for a vocabularly unit.See: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/teachersatwork/1724/
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  1. amber
    a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin
  2. aptitude
    inherent ability
  3. beeswax
    a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees
  4. bomb shelter
    a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
  5. Catholicism
    the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church
  6. consolation
    the act of giving relief in affliction
  7. cranny
    a small opening or crevice
  8. cultured
    marked by refinement in taste and manners
  9. despising
    a feeling of scornful hatred
  10. disbelieving
    denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
  11. dominate
    be in control
  12. flawless
    without a weakness or defect or mistake
  13. grits
    coarsely ground corn that is boiled
  14. kudzu
    a type of fast-growing vine
  15. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
  16. misery
    a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
  17. mistreat
    treat badly
  18. orbit
    the path of a celestial body in its revolution about another
  19. orphaned
    deprived of parents by death or desertion
  20. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  21. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  22. resentment
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  23. similarity
    the quality of being alike
  24. swarm
    a group of many things in the air or on the ground
Created on Sat Feb 14 18:25:59 EST 2009 (updated Thu Feb 19 18:49:34 EST 2009)

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