Vocabulary • Ch 13 - The Secret Life of Bees • Fill in the blanks

They used canning jars to _________ their homemade salsa.

• preserve

• dumfounded

• tarnish

• elaborate

It is important to _________ our natural resources for future generations.

• preserve

• dumfounded

• contemptible

• tarnish

The architect provided an _________ design for the new building.

• nevertheless

• elaborate

• tarnish

• preserve

The silverware began to _________ after years of being left untreated.

• diagonal

• tarnish

• elaborate

• dumfounded

The skyscraper had a beautiful _________ design.

• nevertheless

• tarnish

• vertical

• focus