Unit 6: Novel Study: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Chapters 11–21

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  1. term
    a word or expression used for some particular thing
  2. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  3. obscure
    not famous or acclaimed
  4. figure
    alternate name for the body of a human being
  5. canvas
    a heavy, closely woven fabric
  6. account
    a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
  7. benign
    not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive
  8. incessantly
    without interruption
  9. infuse
    fill, as with a certain quality
  10. render
    give an interpretation of
  11. bound
    governed by fate
  12. exemplary
    worthy of imitation
  13. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  14. clip
    the relative speed of progress or movement
  15. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  16. convert
    change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  17. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  18. sheer
    very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
  19. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  20. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
Created on Mon Nov 30 13:21:22 EST 2020 (updated Wed Mar 03 16:10:51 EST 2021)

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