To Kill A Mocking Bird Vocab Chapter 6-8 Flashcards

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Perpetrated

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Did something wrong

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Direst

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Worst warning of a future disaster or most serious consequences

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3
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Caricatures

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Comic exaggerations

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4
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Accosted

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Approached and stopped someone in order to speak to that person.

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5
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Aberrations

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Departures from what is normal or desirable

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6
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Verge

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The point beyond which something happens or begins

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7
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Prowess

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Exceptional ability or skill

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8
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Malignant

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Disposed to do evil; highly injurious

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9
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Shambles

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A place of great destruction

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10
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Cleaved

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Clung closely, steadfastly, or faithfully to someone or something

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Desolate

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Bare, uninhibited, and deserted, solitary, joyless and without hope.

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12
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Quelled

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Suppressed

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13
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Dismemberment

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Cutting, tearing, or pulling off of limbs

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14
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Unfathomable

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Impossible to understand

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15
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Bade

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Issued a command to; directed

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16
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Perpetual

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Continuing or lasting for an indefinitely long time.