Vocabulary • Ch 2 - The Secret Life of Bees • Fill in the blanks

The detective meticulously followed the _________ evidence to solve the crime.

• trace

• twilight

• pious

• glacier

She preached the _________ to the crowd, spreading the message of love and salvation.

• warrant

• levee

• gospel

• ponder

She sat quietly, _________ing her next move in the game.

• occupant

• levee

• postscript

• ponder

She added a _________ to her letter with a final thought.

• postscript

• emerge

• trace

• deliberate

She _________ed him to reconsider his decision.

• emerge

• trace

• twilight

• beseech

The police obtained a _________ to search the suspect's home.

• beseech

• prevent

• glacier

• warrant

She was warned not to _________ in the church.

• blaspheme

• pious

• warrant

• glacier

The executioner wore a black hood as he prepared to _________ the criminal.

• trace

• accommodate

• pious

• decapitate

The _________ slowly carved its way through the mountains, leaving behind a trail of icy beauty.

• preoccupied

• levee

• occupant

• glacier

The workers built a _________ to protect the town from flooding.

• trace

• occupant

• preoccupied

• levee