I know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Samantha W. (United States of America)
Accompany segment in 9th grade curr. book 14 words
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  1. cascade
    a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  2. clarity
    the quality of being coherent and easily understood
  3. homely
    lacking in physical beauty or proportion
  4. hyphen
    a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a word
  5. illiteracy
    an inability to read
  6. infuse
    fill, as with a certain quality
  7. intimate
    marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
  8. leer
    look suggestively or obliquely
  9. persistent
    stubbornly unyielding
  10. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
  11. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  12. mend
    restore by putting together what is torn or broken
  13. valid
    well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
  14. boggle
    overcome with amazement
Created on Mon Oct 04 08:37:15 EDT 2010

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