Akeelah and the Bee: Vocabulary Development

Bustling means:

• Quiet and empty

• Full of people moving about in a busy way

• Slowly progressing

• Filled with obstacles

Alienation refers to:

• Feeling deeply connected to a group

• The feeling that you do not belong in a particular group

• A peaceful interaction

• A temporary misunderstanding

Estrangement is:

• A situation of extreme closeness

• A situation in which people are no longer friendly or close to each other

• A sudden change in personality

• A peaceful reconciliation

Profound means:

• Slight or unnoticeable

• Very great or intense; showing deep insight or understanding

• Shallow or basic

• Quickly forgotten

Resistant means:

• Opposed to something and trying to stop it from happening

• Easily influenced

• Completely indifferent

• Inactive or submissive

Latent means:

• Fully developed

• Existing but not yet developed or visible; hidden

• Impossible to conceal

• Currently active

Resilience is:

• The ability to recover quickly from difficulties or setbacks

• A state of constant stress

• A tendency to give up easily

• The act of avoiding challenges

Mnemonic devices are:

• Physical exercises for the brain

• Techniques or strategies to aid memory retention

• A type of meditation

• Tools for solving math problems

Pivotal means:

• Of minor importance

• Of crucial importance to the success of something

• Completely irrelevant

• Easy to overlook

Meticulous means:

• Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise

• Careless or rushed

• Focused on the bigger picture

• Tolerant of errors