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Caged birds vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Immaterial | insignificant; not important |
| Liberated | Freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or ways of behaving |
| Calamitous | causing great harm or suffering |
| Affluent | having a large amount of money and owning many expensive things |
| Inordinate | going beyond what is usual, normal, or proper |
| Paranoia | unreasonable feeling that people are trying to harm you, do not like you, etc |
| Fiscal | of or relating to money and especially to the money a government, business, or organization earns, spends, and owes |
| Prophesied | to state that something will happen in the future |
| Vittles | food or drink |
| Miraculous | very wonderful or amazing like a miracle |
| Bridle | a device that fits on a horse’s head and that is used for guiding and controlling the horse |
| Impudent | failing to show proper respect and courtesy |
| Indignity | an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another’s feelings |
| Anachronism | something that is mistakenly placed in a time where it does not belong in a story, movie, etc |
| Opulent | Very comfortable and expensive |