To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary Words – Flashcards
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assuaged
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to ease or satisfy; make less severe
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apothecary
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druggist; pharmacist
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strictures
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strict advice
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dictum
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an authoritative pronouncement
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taciturn
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habitually quiet, uncommunicative
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unsullied
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unsoiled, not dirtied
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epic
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heroic
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repertoire
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assortment of skills
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vapid
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lacking interest; flat
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malevolent
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evil
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beadle
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a town constable or minor official
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foray
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a sudden military advance; a venturing out
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indigenous
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native to
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entailment
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an amount of money that is legally set aside for one purpose
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mortification
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embarassment
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sojourn
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stay
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expounding
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seriously explaining
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erratic
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uneven, unpredictable
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iniquities
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sins
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contemptuous
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hateful and disrespectful
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contentious
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argumentative
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expansively
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talkatively
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misdemeanor
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a minor crime
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disapprobation
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disapproval
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severed
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cut off
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auspicious
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marked by success; favorable
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palette
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a range of colors, usually of paints on a hand-held mixing board
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melancholy
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extremely sad
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quelling
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calming down
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benign
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harmless, not evil
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tacit
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unspoken but agreed upon and understood
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magisterial
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royal, majestic
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cordiality
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friendliness, hospitality
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inquisitive
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curious
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asinine
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stupid
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gaped
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stared with mouth hanging open
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quibbling
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arguing over trivial matters
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malignant
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evil, harmful
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perpetual
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never-ending
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aberrations
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departures from the normal or expected
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touchous
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sensitive, easily irritated
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bade
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(past tense of "bid") ordered
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quelled
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stopped, ended, put out
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perplexity
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confusion
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inordinately
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exceeding reasonable limits
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ingenuous
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unsophisticated
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guilelessness
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plain, open honesty, without any tricks
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mortify
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to embarrass
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obstreperous
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noisily defiant
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invective
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angry, abusive, complaining language
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tartly
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sharply
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articulate
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speaking clearly
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jubilantly
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joyfully and triumphantly
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livid
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extremely angry
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philippic
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a verbal denunciation characterized by invective
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rectitude
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moral properness
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tirade
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angry flow of words
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undulate
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to move in waves
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propensities
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inclinations to something
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cantankerous
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cranky and argumentative
