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Homeless Bird vocab
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05/01/2006

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dowry
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money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage
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scribe
Definition
a writer, copier, or secretary
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fashioned
Definition
to make, form, or shape
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auspicious
Definition
attended by favorable circumstances
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caste
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a social class seperated by hereditary, rank, profession, or wealth
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vermillion
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a red or orange pigment
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embroidering
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to ornament with needlework
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beckoned
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to signal or summon
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splendor
Definition
great light or luster; brilliance
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pyre
Definition
a way to cremate a body
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unseemly
Definition
inappropriate, improper; not suited to the circumstances
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array
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orderly
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cunning
Definition
sly, crafty, clever
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solemn
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deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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urn
Definition
a vase that holds dead people
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inauspicious
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not favorable
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rickshaw
Definition
a 2-wheeled cart carried by one man or bicycle
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garland
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a wreath of flowers
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insolent
Definition
arrogant, rude, insulting
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deformities
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gross ugliness or distortion
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gravely
Definition
serious consideration, sober
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camphor
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an aeromatic oil that comes from the camphor tree
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bandicoot
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a large rat of southeast Asia
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winnowing
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a current of air used to seperate grain from chaff
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threshed
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to beat severely or thrash (grain)
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badgered
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to harass or pester persistently
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kingfisher
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a bright colored bird with a long sharp beak
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gruel
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a thin watery porridge
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impudent
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insolent, offensive, rude
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spitefulness
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malicious (evil)
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chaff
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the outer layer of grain
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monsoon
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wind that brings heavy rainfall and a storm
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millet
Definition
grass that grows annually
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sullen
Definition
sluggish, slow, gloomy, sad
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