I know why the Caged Bird sings

Mrs. Shoup (United States of America)
Vocabulary from this selection of Maya Angelou.
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words only definitions & notes
  1. aristocrat
    a member of the nobility
  2. aura
    distinctive but intangible quality around a person or thing
  3. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  4. Beowulf
    the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon
  5. Brazos
    a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico
  6. couch
    formulate in a particular style or language
    To put into words, express
  7. fiscal
    involving financial matters
  8. infuse
    fill, as with a certain quality
  9. intolerant
    unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
  10. jew's harp
    a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
    Also known as juice harp
  11. mead
    made of fermented honey and water
  12. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  13. troubadour
    a singer of folk songs
  14. voile
    a light semitransparent fabric
  15. wormwood
    any of several aromatic herbs
Created on Tue Nov 19 09:07:51 EST 2013 (updated Tue Nov 19 09:08:40 EST 2013)

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