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To Kill a Mocking Bird Vocab Flashcards

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Piety

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Reverence for god or devout fulfillment of religious obligations

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Malevolent

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Wishing evil or harm to another or to others; Showing ill will; ill disposed; malicious

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Impudent

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Of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence (rudeness) or effrontery (rudeness)

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Foray (n)

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  1. A quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder (stealing)
  2. A quick, sudden attack
  3. An initial venture (journey)
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Dictum

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  1. An authoritative pronouncement (declaration) ; Judicial assertion
  2. A saying; maximum
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Assuaged

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  1. To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease mitigate
  2. To appease; satisfy; ally; relieve
  3. To soothe or calm
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Predilection

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A tendency to think favorable of something in particular; partially; preference

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Impotent

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  1. not potent; Lacking power or ability
  2. Utterly unable (to do something)
  3. Without force or effectiveness
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Stricture

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A remark or comment, especially an adverse (preventing success or harmful) criticism

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Aberration

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The arts of departing from the right; normal or usual course.

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Condescended

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  1. to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
  2. to put aside one’s dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior
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Apoplectic

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  1. Of or relating to apoplexy (stroke)

2. Extremely

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Sojourn/ Sojourner

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  1. A temporary stay

2. Sojourner- a person who resides temporarily in a place

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Amiable

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  1. having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable:
  2. friendly; sociable:
    an amiable greeting; an amiable gathering.
  3. agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others.
  4. Obsolete. lovable or lovely.
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Diminutive

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Small; little; tiny

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Auspicious

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  1. promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable:

2. favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.

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Melancholy

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A gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.

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Asinine

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Foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid

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Tacit

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  1. understood without being openly expressed; implied:
  2. silent; saying nothing:
  3. unvoiced or unspoken:
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Benign

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  1. Pathology. Not miligant (harmful) ; self limiting
  2. having no harmful influence or effect
  3. gracious
  4. favorable
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Cordiality

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  1. cordial quality or feeling.

2. an expression of cordial feeling.

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Edification

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  1. an act of edifying.
  2. the state of being edified; uplift.
  3. moral improvement or guidance.
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Morbid

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  1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc
  2. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease
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Ensuing

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Occurring after something else; subsequent or following:

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Ramshackle

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Loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky

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Mortification

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A feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one’s pride or self-respect.

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Fractious

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  1. refractory or unruly:

2. readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome:

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Obstreperous

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  1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous:
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Entailment

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  1. the act or fact of entailing, or involving by necessity or as a consequence
  2. something involved as a necessary part or consequence of something
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Unfathomable

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  1. not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible
  2. not able to be measured with a sounding line, or fathomed
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Procure

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  1. to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
  2. to bring about, especially by unscrupulous and indirect means:
  3. to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution.
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Quell

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  1. to suppress; put an end to; extinguish:
  2. to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.):
    The child’s mother quelled his fears of the thunder.
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Cordial

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  1. courteous and gracious; friendly; warm:
  2. invigorating the heart; stimulating.
  3. sincere; heartfelt:
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Waning

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  1. decreasing in strength, intensity, etc
  2. declining in power, importance, prosperity, etc
  3. drawing to a close; approaching an end
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Vexations

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  1. the act of vexing.
  2. the state of being vexed; irritation; annoyance:
  3. something that vexes; a cause of annoyance; nuisance:
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Analogous

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Having analogy; corresponding in some particular

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Constitute

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  1. to compose; form
  2. to appoint to an office or function; make or create
  3. to establish (laws, an institution, etc.)
  4. to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.)
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Deportment

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  1. demeanor; conduct; behavior.

2. the conduct or obedience of a child in school, as graded by a teacher.

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Donned

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  1. (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man’s given name.
  2. (in Spanish-speaking countries) a lord or gentleman.
  3. (in the English universities) a head, fellow, or tutor of a college.
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Gallantly

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  1. in a way that shows exceptional politeness and attentiveness to others, especially women
  2. in a courageous, spirited, or noble-minded way
  3. in a grand, showy, or magnificent way
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Guilelessness

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Free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.

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Innate

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  1. Existing in one from birth; inborn; native
  2. inherent in the essential character of something
  3. originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience
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Invective

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  1. violent denunciation (accusation) , censure, or reproach.
  2. a railing accusation; vituperation.
  3. an insulting or abusive word or expression.
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Rudiment

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  1. the elements or first principles of a subject (fundimentals)
  2. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something
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Attributes

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  1. to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to):
  2. to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated:
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Bedecked

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To deck out or decorate

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Escapade

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  1. a reckless adventure or wild prank.

2. an escape from confinement or restraint.

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Interdict

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Civil Law. any prohibitory (to forbid) act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.

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Umbrage

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  1. offense; annoyance; displeasure:
  2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.
  3. leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees.
    shade or shadows, as cast by trees.
  4. a shadowy appearance or semblance of something.
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Undulate

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  1. to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement
  2. to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions.
  3. (of a sound) to rise and fall in pitch:
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Propensities

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  1. a natural inclination or tendency:

2. Obsolete. favorable disposition or partiality.

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Rectitude

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  1. rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue
  2. correctness
  3. straightness.
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Tirade

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  1. a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation (accusation)
  2. a long, vehement speech
  3. a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry

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