To Kill A Mocking Bird Vocabulary Part One Flashcards

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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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3
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habitually untalkative

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Taciturn

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4
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Unwise or indiscreet

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imprudent

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5
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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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10
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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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12
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anxious, or fearful about the future; uneasy; capable of understanding

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apprehensive

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13
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originating and growing or living in an area or environment

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indigenous

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14
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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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17
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Works Progress Administration- a make work government program

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WPA job

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18
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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

20
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gross immorality or injustice; wickedness

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iniquities

21
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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

22
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manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful

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contemptuous

23
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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
diminutive
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inclined to make trouble; unruly
fractious
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attended by favorable circumstances; propitious; marked by success
auspicious
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to put down forcibly; suppress; to pacify, quiet
quell
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distant, physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
aloof
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an inclination to perform kind, charitable acts; a kindly act; a gift given out of generosity
benevolence
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undistributed by tumult or disorder; calm or quiet; satisfied; complacent
placidly
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unduly curious and inquiring; inclined to investigate; eager for knowledge
inquisitive
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to instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual , moral, or spiritual improvement
edification
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a long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance
pilgrimage
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a watch kept during normal sleeping hours; the act or period of observing; surveillance
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
caricatures
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a being with both male and female qualities
morphodite
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the state of being puzzeled
perplexity
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a child secretly exchanged for another
changelings
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something which incites a response or intentionally triggers a reaction
provocation
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noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous
obstreperous
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in a state of uneasiness, suspense, or anxiety
(on) tenterhooks
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characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction
vehemently
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extremely angry; furious
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
philippic
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ill-tempered and quarrel some; disagreeable
cantankerous