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English 2 Honors > To Kill A Mocking Bird Vocabulary Part One > Flashcards

To Kill A Mocking Bird Vocabulary Part One Flashcards

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1
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to make something (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe

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Assuage

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One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines

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Apothecary

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habitually untalkative

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Taciturn

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Unwise or indiscreet

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imprudent

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Odd, especially in an old-fashioned way

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quaint

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

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Repertoire

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lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull

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vapid

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

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malevolent

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a partiality or disposition in favor of something; a preference

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predilection

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a cheap, used, bettered old car

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flivver

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

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nebulous

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

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apprehensive

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originating and growing or living in an area or environment

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indigenous

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to necessitate or pressure by force

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compelled

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

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entailment

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

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vexations

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Works Progress Administration- a make work government program

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WPA job

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

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Mortification

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a temporary stay; brief period of residence

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sojourn

20
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gross immorality or injustice; wickedness

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iniquities

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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

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manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful

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contemptuous

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quarrelsome; involving or likely to cause contention

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contentious

24
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to deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner

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condescension

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a very small person or thing

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diminutive

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inclined to make trouble; unruly

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fractious

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attended by favorable circumstances; propitious; marked by success

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auspicious

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to put down forcibly; suppress; to pacify, quiet

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quell

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distant, physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

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aloof

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

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benevolence

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

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placidly

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

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inquisitive

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

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edification

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

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pilgrimage

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

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vigil

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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

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a being with both male and female qualities

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morphodite

38
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the state of being puzzeled

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perplexity

39
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a child secretly exchanged for another

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changelings

40
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something which incites a response or intentionally triggers a reaction

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provocation

41
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noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous

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obstreperous

42
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in a state of uneasiness, suspense, or anxiety

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(on) tenterhooks

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characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction

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vehemently

44
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extremely angry; furious

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livid

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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

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ill-tempered and quarrel some; disagreeable

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cantankerous

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