The secret life of bees Vocab

Gizzard

A think- walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food.

Precisely

Being exactly that and neither more nor less, definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed.

Pomade

Dressing for hair; put pomade on.

Simultaneously

Existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent.

Organdy

Fine fabric.

Ingenious

Inventive, clever and effective.

Percolator

Pot for brewing coffee

Jilted

Reject Lover, somebody who rejects lover.

Reenactment

The act of enacting. The state or fact of being enacted. Something that is enacted; a law or statute. A single provision of a law.

High- Caliber

The diameter of the inside of a round cylinder such as a tube

Orka

The pods, used in soups, stews, ect.

Hibernate

To pass winter asleep, to become less active.

Racist

a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

Plaited

a braid

Kudzu

a fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine, Pueraria lobata, of the legume family, now widespread in the southern U.S., having tuberous, starchy roots and stems: used for fiber, as food and forage, and to prevent soil erosion.

Premonition

a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment

Trough

a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.

Bolstered

a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.

Specimen

a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.

Amnesiac

a person affected by amnesia

Apprentice

a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

Voodoo

a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion

Denomination

a religious group, usually including many local churches, often larger than a sect.

Shackled

a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.

Sprig

a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.

consternation

a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion or dismay.

Cowlick

a tuft of hair that grows in a direction different from that of the rest of the hair.

Ritual

an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.

Stethoscope

an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner

Catacombs

an underground cemetery, esp. one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs.

Cicada

any large homopterous insect of the family Cicadidae, the male of which produces a shrill sound by means of vibrating membranes on the underside of the abdomen.

Gawky

awkward; ungainly; clumsy

Unruffled

calm; not emotionally upset or agitated; steady; unflustered.

The Assumption

celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Righteous

characterized by uprightness or morality.

Grits

coarsely ground hominy, boiled and sometimes then fried, eaten as a breakfast dish or as a side dish with meats.

Disoriented

confused as to time or place; out of touch

elusive

eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp. Hard to express or define: an elusive concept.

Plagues

epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence

Presumptuous

full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought.

Inferno

hell, the infernal regions, fire

Bona fide

made, done, presented

catcall

shrill, whistle- like sound or loud raucous shout made to express disapproval at a theater, meeting, ect.

Saturated

soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.

Peculiar

strange; queer; odd

Indignation

strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.

Mourning

the act of a person who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation.

Commissioned

the act of committing or giving in charge

Salvation

the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, or destruction.

Perimeter

the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.

Ambrosia

the food of the gods.

Parsonage

the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.

Immunity

the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.

madonna

the virgin mary

Moping

to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood. To make dejected, listless, or apathetic. A person who mopes or is given to moping.

Wafted

to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water, to send or convey lightly, as if in flight, to signal to, summon, or direct by waving.

Ponder

to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often fol. by over or upon)

Deflated

to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, spirits, etc.); puncture; dash.

Accommodate

to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige.

Snuff

to draw in through the nose by inhaling. To draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something; snuffle. (Noun) An act of snuffing; an inhalation through the nose; a sniff.

Beseeching

to implore urgently.

Contemplate

to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully

Taunting

to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.

unraveling

to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, ect.

Blaspheme

to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things). To speak evil of; slander; abuse.

Sauntered

to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll.

Orneriness

ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper.

oblivious

unmindful; unconscious; unaware

Oblivious

unmindful; unconscious; unaware.

Miniscule

very small; tiny

Exertion

vigorous action or effort

Beserk

violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged.

Lattice work

work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.