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Vocab . Week 23. Fluency Practice. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969 autobiography of the early years of Maya Angelou. bungalow. Noun Small, one-story home Mrs. Flowers walked up the hill to her little bungalow. . effortless. adjective Easy; requiring little work

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Vocab

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  1. Vocab Week 23

  2. Fluency Practice • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings • 1969 autobiography of the early years of Maya Angelou

  3. bungalow • Noun • Small, one-story home • Mrs. Flowers walked up the hill to her little bungalow.

  4. effortless • adjective • Easy; requiring little work • Mrs. Flowers smiled, slowly following it with an effortless closing of her mouth.

  5. familiarity • Noun • Closeness or intimacy • Mrs. Flowers didn’t encourage familiarity and no one would have thought to get close to her.

  6. inclusively • Adverb • Broadly; covering everyone or everything • When Mrs. Flowers smiled, it was done so gracefully and inclusively.

  7. inedible • Adjective • Not fit to be eaten • Maya felt like a dirty, inedible biscuit as she moped around the house.

  8. shelling • Verb • Removing from the pod • Momma was shelling peas on the front porch.

  9. unbalanced • Adjective • Disordered; irrational • Maya said she hated her mother for being ignorant and felt the unbalanced passion of being young.

  10. unceremonious • Adjective • Lacking proper formality; abrupt • Maya felt the greeting between her mother and Mrs. Flowers was unceremonious.

  11. voile • Adjective • Sheer fabric • Mrs. Flowers wore printed voile dresses.

  12. wiry • Adjective • Lean and strong • Mrs. Flowers was thin but not wiry.

  13. Next week… • Benchmark test over vocab weeks 13-23

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