To Kill A Mocking Bird Vocabulary Part One

Question 1

to make something (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe

Answer 1

Assuage

Question 2

One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines

Answer 2

Apothecary

Question 3

habitually untalkative

Answer 3

Taciturn

Question 4

Unwise or indiscreet

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imprudent

Question 5

Odd, especially in an old-fashioned way

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quaint

Question 6

the stock of songs, plays, operas, readings, or other pieces that a player or company is prepared to perform

Answer 6

Repertoire

Question 7

lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull

Answer 7

vapid

Question 8

having or exhibiting ill-will; wishing to harm others; malicious

Answer 8

malevolent

Question 9

a partiality or disposition in favor of something; a preference

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predilection

Question 10

a cheap, used, bettered old car

Answer 10

flivver

Question 11

cloud, misty, or hazy; lacking for or limits; vague

Answer 11

nebulous

Question 12

anxious, or fearful about the future; uneasy; capable of understanding

Answer 12

apprehensive

Question 13

originating and growing or living in an area or environment

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indigenous

Question 14

to necessitate or pressure by force

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compelled

Question 15

something transmitted as if by unalterable inheritance, irritations, or annoyance

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entailment

Question 16

the act of annoying, irritating, or vexing; a source of irritation or annoyance

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vexations

Question 17

Works Progress Administration- a make work government program

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WPA job

Question 18

to cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate

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Mortification

Question 19

a temporary stay; brief period of residence

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sojourn

Question 20

gross immorality or injustice; wickedness

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iniquities

Question 21

to persist in or remain constant to a purpose, an idea, or a task in the face of obstacles or discouragement

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perservere

Question 22

manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful

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contemptuous

Question 23

quarrelsome; involving or likely to cause contention

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contentious

Question 24

to deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner

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condescension

Question 25

a very small person or thing

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diminutive

Question 26

inclined to make trouble; unruly

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fractious

Question 27

attended by favorable circumstances; propitious; marked by success

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auspicious

Question 28

to put down forcibly; suppress; to pacify, quiet

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quell

Question 29

distant, physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

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aloof

Question 30

an inclination to perform kind, charitable acts; a kindly act; a gift given out of generosity

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benevolence

Question 31

undistributed by tumult or disorder; calm or quiet; satisfied; complacent

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placidly

Question 32

unduly curious and inquiring; inclined to investigate; eager for knowledge

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inquisitive

Question 33

to instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual , moral, or spiritual improvement

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edification

Question 34

a long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance

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pilgrimage

Question 35

a watch kept during normal sleeping hours; the act or period of observing; surveillance

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vigil

Question 36

a representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect

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caricatures

Question 37

a being with both male and female qualities

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morphodite

Question 38

the state of being puzzeled

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perplexity

Question 39

a child secretly exchanged for another

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changelings

Question 40

something which incites a response or intentionally triggers a reaction

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provocation

Question 41

noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous

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obstreperous

Question 42

in a state of uneasiness, suspense, or anxiety

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(on) tenterhooks

Question 43

characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction

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vehemently

Question 44

extremely angry; furious

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livid

Question 45

a verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, often insulting language; a tirade. Any of the orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon in the forth century BC

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philippic

Question 46

ill-tempered and quarrel some; disagreeable

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cantankerous