Kill a Mocking Bird Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Assuaged

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to make an unpleasant feeling less intense

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Taciturn

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quiet

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Ambled

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slow/relaxed pace

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Repertoire

A

collection of pieces a performer can do or items

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Domiciled

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permanent legal residence

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Condescended

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superiority or patronized

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Apprehensively

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anxious/fearful

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Entailment

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settlement of inheritance so it remains in the family

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9
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Vexations

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state of irritation

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Onslaught

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fierce, destructive attack

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Expounding

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to explain or elaborate

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12
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Contentious

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confrontational

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13
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Fractious

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irritable

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14
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Auspicious

A

likely success will happen

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15
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Wrought

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beaten or shaped by hammering

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16
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Mortifying

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great embarassment or shame

17
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Arbitrated

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to decide as a person in power, negotiated

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Evasion

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action of avoiding

19
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Tacit

A

understood with implication

20
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Benevolence

A

quality of being kind

21
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Ramshackle

A

severe despair

22
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Dismemberment

A

act of taking apart

23
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Ascertaining

A

find out for certain

24
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Quelling

A

putting an end to usually with force

25
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Rendered

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cause or provide, separate