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Accelerated English 10 > To Kill A Mockingbird Vocabulary > Flashcards

To Kill A Mockingbird Vocabulary Flashcards

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Apothecary

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A person who sold and prepared medicines and drugs

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Taciturn

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Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

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Foray

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A surprise attack

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Scrip stamps

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Paper money of small amounts used in an emergency

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Diminutive

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Extremely or unusually small

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Amiable

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Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

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Disapprobation

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Strong disapproval

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auspicious

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conducive to success, favorable

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melancholy

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sad

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quelling (of) nausea

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to pacify sickness

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tacit

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Understood or implied without being stated

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placidly

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In a good-natured manner

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asinine

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Extremely stupid or foolish

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Prowess

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Skill or expertise in a particular field or activity

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Malignant

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Cancerous, very infectious

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dismemberment

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To break up or tear into pieces

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whittles

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To carve (wood) into objects

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rendered

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Provide, give, or make

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meditative

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Deeply or seriously in thought

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un fathomable

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Difficult or impossible to understand

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Azaleas

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A colorful and decorative kind of flower

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caricatures

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A picture or description of a person (characteristics exaggerated) to create a comic effect

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guilelessness

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Innocent, naive

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crooned

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Hum or sing in a soft, low voice

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evasion

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Act of avoiding

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rudiments

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The first principles of a subject

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Providence

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The protective car of God or of nature as a spiritual power

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alist

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Inclined to one side

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umbrage

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offense or annoyance

30
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undulate

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Move with a smooth wavelike motion

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