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To Kill A Mocking Bird
How to kill a mocking bird Mid-Term Vocab
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10th Grade
01/09/2011
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Abdicate
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To give up formally as an office or duty
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Abet
 Definition
To encourage or assist especially in wrong doing
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Abhor
 Definition
To hate intensly
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Abject
 Definition
Wretched, miserable, degrading, humiliating
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Absolve
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To clear of guilt or blame
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Abstain
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To refrain completely and voluntarily
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Acclimate
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Aesthetic
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Artistic, pertaining to beauty
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Affable
 Definition
Easy to talk to or approach
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Affluent
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Wealthy
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Agenda
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A list of things to be done
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Aggile
 Definition
Swift and light in movement
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Alienate
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To cause hostility where love once exsisted
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Allege
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To state that something bad is true without proof
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Allude
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To refer to indirectly
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Anachronism
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Anything out of its proper time zone
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Anathema
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Any object of intense dislike
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Anecdote
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A short, often amusing, story
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Anomaly
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A deviation from what is normal or expected
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Apathy
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Lack of feeling emotion or intrest
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Appall
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To fill with intense horror, fear or dismay
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Arbitrary
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Random, based on chance
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Array
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To line up; dress up
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Askew
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Not straight or level
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Astute
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Cunning
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Atone
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To make up for or repent
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Atrophy
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Progressive wasting away
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Augment
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To make greater
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Augur
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Someone who can forecast the future
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Austere
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Rigidly severe, severely simple or brave
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Avarice
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An extreme desire to acquire and posses wealth
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Avid
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Enthusiastic or extremely eager
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Badger
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To tease, pester or harass
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Baffle
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To puzzle completely
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Belligerent
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Warlike or hostile
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Bicker
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To engage in petty quarreling
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Congenital
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A condition that exist at birth
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Succinct
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Clear and breif
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Uncouth
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Crude; unmannerly
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Facade
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The front of the building
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Dispel
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Drive away
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Elucidate
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Explain
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Dogged
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Stubborn
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Sullen
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Gloomy
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Analogous
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Similar
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Feral
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Wild, savage
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Vehement
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Full of emotion and strong feeling
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Wary
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Cautious; not completely trusting
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Brevity
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Shortness, breifness
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Devout
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Devoted to religion
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Squalor
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Filthy condition
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Nondescript
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Dull; with no special qualities
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Florid
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Very flowery in style
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Imprudent
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Lacking discretion, incautious
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Amble
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To walk at a slow, leisurely pace
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Repertoire
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All the specific skills a person has
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Malevolent
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Evil
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Predilection
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Preferred way of doing something
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Nebulous
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Faint and vauge
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Foray
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You go somewhere or do something that is unusual for you
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Convalescence
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A period of rest after an illness
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Throng
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A dense crowd
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Pander
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To cater to the desires of others
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Callous
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Unfeeling or insensitive
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Infinite
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Endless
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Turbulent
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Stormy
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Arid
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Dry
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Volition
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Will
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Caliber
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Quality
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Minute
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Exact, precise
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Pauper
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Extremely poor person
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Guile
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Craftiness and cunning
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Obstreperous
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Noisy and unruly
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Tirade
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A long, angry Speech
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