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The Bean Trees Vocabulary

The Bean Trees Vocabulary . 1. Amputation. By: Mychael Green. n. The cutting off of all of part of a limb by surgery.

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The Bean Trees Vocabulary

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  1. The Bean Trees Vocabulary

  2. 1. Amputation By: Mychael Green n. The cutting off of all of part of a limb by surgery • “I don’t think Dr. Andrews really understand what amputation means” Dr. Mary said. “Instead of cutting off the patient’s body, he was supposed to cut off his leg” said Dr. Brown. http://girlinscrubs.com/amputation/

  3. By Anna Lee 2). Aggravate v. make worse or more sever, intensify (do not confuse with irritate) She aggravated her already weird 80s hairdo by adding more gel and hairspray. http://www.flickr.com/photos/25152449@N06/3294440989/

  4. By Kyla Kariger • ramshackle: • adj. loosely made or held together, in a state of sever disrepair. • Theramshackle building was so frail that even if a pin dropped it would collapse.

  5. 4) Homeostasis: n. Tess Black Definition: tendency of interdependent elements to remain stable, esp. as maintained by physiological processes. Spiders maintain their temperature through homeostasis. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=homeostasis&num=10&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=638&tbm=isch&tbnid=1rF8ZixB3VZawM:&imgrefurl=http://fisiologiajmv-hilda.blogspot.com/2011/01/la-homeostasis-y-su-comportamiento.html&docid=nQs8w0hC8roaMM&imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SoN0RgyIxMw/TTxIlIBK-yI/AAAAAAAAA54/eVFkH6JjdoA/s1600/homeostasis.gif&w=300&h=224&ei=U1hOUMu4EcekigLBgYH4BQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=554&vpy=153&dur=201&hovh=179&hovw=240&tx=172&ty=102&sig=109043667451547979443&page=1&tbnh=129&tbnw=172&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0,i:169

  6. 5. Sanctuary • Noun. • -sacred place where fugitives are entitled to immunity from arrest, safe place, place of refuge • Estevan and Esperanza went to a sanctuary to take refuge and hide from the police in America because the police were after all those who were illegal immigrants from Mexico.

  7. #6 : PRIM By Peyton Lancaster • formal, precise or proper. Adjective • The prim Queen of England sipped her tea properly. • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=queen+of+england+drinking+tea+properly&um=1&hl=en&biw=1163&bih=584&tbm=isch&tbnid=j7Vr4EgaRMjphM:&imgrefurl=http://thegentlemanblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/gentlemen-and-tea/&docid=SD849RmU9hKeTM&imgurl=http://thegentlemanblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/queen.jpg&w=162&h=194&ei=uFhOUP7fN6agigLU7IDgCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=92&vpy=122&dur=67&hovh=156&hovw=130&tx=143&ty=72&sig=114390741290471322495&page=1&tbnh=121&tbnw=102&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:72

  8. 7.Phobia:n. a persistent, irrational fear She has a phobia of spiders and runs away whenever she sees one. BY EMILY MASSEY http://www.windstarembroidery.com/cw2/Assets/product_full/Spider.gif

  9. 8. Asylum Kate Wegleitner • N. refuge, shelter, haven, retreat • Estevan and Esperanza were seeking protection from the law in the asylum for illegal immigrants.

  10. 9. ConspiracyBy Lauren Gurbach conspiracy: n. secret plot or plan by two or more persons The students had a conspiracy to distract the teacher so she wouldn’t have time to give them homework. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GYu5eN8tEBI/TVDAeJVF8qI/AAAAAAAAAQI/k0B2iMFPvM0/s1600/always-you-with-that-conspiracy-stuff.jpg

  11. 10. Flotsam And Jetsam • n. odds and ends useless items (part of wreckage of a ship) • After the Titanic sank, flotsam and jetsam, such as a wooden steering wheel and a broken mirror were spread on the ocean floor. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=sunken+ships&start=44&num=10&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1039&bih=702&addh=36&tbm=isch&tbnid=TnqH8LjkILZQ2M:&imgrefurl=http://godlessmonkey.wordpress.com/author/godlessmonkey/page/22/&docid=p5SwBe5hWcChMM&imgurl=http://godlessmonkey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/sunken.jpg&w=800&h=600&ei=SVtOUM60F8ShiALm_oGoAQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=1&sig=118030938194954068959&page=4&tbnh=162&tbnw=216&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:44,i:147&tx=36&ty=110 Bella Lopez

  12. 11. Dormant Hannah peck Dormant: Adj. inactive, lying asleep or as if asleep Sometimes when I am in math class I feel very dormant because I get bored. http://10.0.0.50:15871/cgi-bin/blockpage.cgi?ws-session=3322346195

  13. Pungent Word 12Kate Zuckerman P.7 (Adjective) Having a sharply strong smell or taste. The smell coming off the onions as April cut them was pungent, bringing tears to her eyes.

  14. Valentina Povolo http://www.trotterless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cicada-on-hand-esme-1.jpg While walking back from our hike last weekend, we heard a cicada in the trees. 13. Cicada N. insect, about one inch long, male produces shrill sound by vibrating membranes on underside of abdomen

  15. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFGnyJgVi4A/TQp6r40weVI/AAAAAAAAADY/2Mpd4A0V8yk/s1600/sad_confused_woman.jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFGnyJgVi4A/TQp6r40weVI/AAAAAAAAADY/2Mpd4A0V8yk/s1600/sad_confused_woman.jpg 14. Catatonic Adj. of or an immobile or unresponsive stupor She seemed catatonic after the car accident. Kat Trinidad

  16. 15. noncommittal – adj. • Vague, guarded, indefinite, evasive • Sally’s noncommittal attitude made it so she couldn’t have a friend, a relationship or a job for more than a week. • http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/amazing-girl-quits-1.jpg • Anna Eisenman

  17. 16. wisteria climbing shrub related to legume family with showy, pendant clusters of blue-violet flowers The wisteria vine that is growing up the side of my house has flourished into flowers of blue and violet. Chloe Brendlinger http://www.google.com/imgres?q=wisteria&num=10&hl=en&biw=1274&bih=615&tbm=isch&tbnid=gfeBKPHyTp--sM:&imgrefurl=http://gardeningandthespanishway-rohrerbot.blogspot.com/2011/02/wisteria.html&docid=zB1Wqxibj2QMSM&imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dthE9LbmjhE/TUzlSuIuBGI/AAAAAAAADIY/DnpwRWZu5FM/s1600/Wisteria2.jpg&w=500&h=336&ei=DFlOULiJOa_AiwLb4oCIBw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=324&sig=108165174887163122243&page=1&tbnh=119&tbnw=159&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0,i:178&tx=93&ty=78

  18. 17. Catharsis • Noun. • -the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. • Praying can be one way of catharsis if a person really believes that God can forgive and take all of your sins away.

  19. 18) Legume: n. Tess Black Any plant of the legume family (fruit in form of pod) (bean). Wisteria is a type of legume that grows in poor soil. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=legume&um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=638&tbm=isch&tbnid=jufz41epz7_kEM:&imgrefurl=http://blog.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/2009/07/07/health-benefits-peas/&docid=gQJ_sJjcsiTVSM&imgurl=http://blog.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/files/2009/07/peas_lead.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=KcNOUPGqApDlyAHc7IHADQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=964&vpy=331&dur=2792&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=144&ty=145&sig=109043667451547979443&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=164&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0,i:191

  20. #19: HORTICULTURE By Peyton Lancaster • Science and art of cultivating plants. Noun • Turtle was so interested in plants that she wanted to study horticulture. • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=growing+plants&um=1&hl=en&biw=1163&bih=584&tbm=isch&tbnid=IZ44gDNt3Cn3WM:&imgrefurl=http://www.livbit.com/article/2010/04/22/a-pot-that-grows-with-the-plant/&docid=iNS0hzKgz1XApM&imgurl=http://www.livbit.com/article/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/growingup_1.jpg&w=605&h=428&ei=uFtOUJ9VhoqMAtuzgLAB&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=290&sig=114390741290471322495&page=3&tbnh=130&tbnw=183&start=36&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:36,i:254&tx=157&ty=52

  21. 20. RHIZOBIA: n. plural, rod-shaped bacteria that fix or adhere nitrogen in nodules on the roots of bean plants, clover, etc. Rhizobia insects help all legumes, or bean plants, thrive in poor soil. http://enfo.agt.bme.hu/drupal/sites/default/files/Rhizobium1.jpg BY EMILY MASSEY

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