Unit 2: Novel Study: Inside Out & Back Again, 1975: Year of the Cat–Our Cowboy

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  1. tuberose
    a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers
  2. incense
    a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
  3. altar
    a raised structure on which sacrifices to a god are made
  4. flaunt
    display proudly
  5. conviction
    an unshakable belief in something without need for proof
  6. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  7. bypass
    avoid something
  8. rickety
    inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  9. ancestral
    of or inherited from someone from whom you are descended
  10. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  11. horde
    a vast multitude
  12. idle
    not in action or at work
  13. tamarind
    large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
  14. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
  15. ration
    a fixed portion that is allotted
  16. braid
    a hairdo formed by twisting the hair
  17. lure
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
  18. amethyst
    a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone
  19. tangible
    perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch
  20. remnant
    a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
  21. scholarship
    financial aid provided to a student on the basis of merit
  22. amend
    make revisions to
Created on Fri Nov 13 08:42:19 EST 2020 (updated Fri Nov 20 14:20:59 EST 2020)

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