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To Kill A Mockingbird
Vocabulary for "To Kill A Mockingbird" for Wilson's class. Diversions-silhouette
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English
9th Grade
01/08/2006

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don
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v. to put on or to wear
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Diversions
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n. A maneuver that draws attention away from a planned point of action
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innate
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adj. quality you are born with
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trousseau
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a brides clothes
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deportment
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n. conduct of behavior
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obstreperous
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adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant
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obstreperous
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adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant
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provocation
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n. behavior that causes anger or resentment
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gallantly
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adv. in a couragous or bold manner
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mosey
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v. to move in a leisurely or aimless manner
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apopletic
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adj.or relating to or causing anger - also a stroke
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camisole
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n a short sleeveless garment for women
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philipic
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n. a bitter verbal attack or denunciation
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degeneration
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n. the process of declining to a lower stage
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rectitude
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n. moral integrity
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interdict
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n. an authoritative prohibition
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palliation
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n. something used to alleviate pain or anxiety
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reconnaissance
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n. a preliminary survey
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calomel
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n. a colorless white or brown tasteless compund used as an insecticide
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undulate
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v. to cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion
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cantankerous
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adj.grouchy: easily angered and difficult to get along with
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altercation
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n. a heated argument, quarrel or confontation
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habiliments
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n. gear, outfit
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doctrine
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n. inscruction a piece of instruction a lesson
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novel
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adj.recent, new
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tactful
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adj. full of or endowed with a keen faculty or perception
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shinny
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v. to climb awkwardly, as if scrambling
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obliquely
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adv. evasiveness in speech or writing
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