To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab Flashcards by Pearce Steele

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Assuaged

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make an unpleasant feeling less intense

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Piety

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the act of being religious

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Impotence

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inability to take effective action, helplessness

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Taciturn

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quite in speech, saying little

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Unsullied

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unspoiled

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Derive

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to obtain something (from something)

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Vapid

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offering nothing stimulating of challenging

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Predilection

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a bias towards something

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Indigenous

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occurring or originating from a particular place

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Nebulous

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vague and unclear

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Auspicious

A

favorable

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Wallow

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over indulgent to self-pity

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Mortify

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embarrass or humiliate

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Immune

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unable to be affected by (disease or other things)

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Quell

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to put an end to something

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Foray

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an adventure

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Heredity

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the inheritance of an office, title, or right

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Preoccupation

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being preoccupied by something

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Pensive

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engaged in deep, serious thought

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Resignation

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the acceptance of something inevitable