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To Kill A Mockingbird Bird
vocabulary words from to kill a mockingbird
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9th Grade
11/13/2008
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Assuage
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to make milder or less severe
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Apothecary
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a pharmacy or pharmacist
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Stricture
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a remark or comment
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Dictum
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an authoritive pronouncment
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chattels
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a slave
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impotent
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lacking power or ability
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taciturn
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incilined to silence and expression
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unsulled
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spotlessly clean and freash
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imprudent
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not prudent or wise
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tyrannical
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unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe
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malevolent
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wishing evil or harm to another
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predilection
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tendering to favor something in inexpensive , old
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flivver
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an automobile that is small, old, inexpensive
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beadle
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the parish office with various subordinate duties
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nebulous
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hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
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foray
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a quick raid usually for he purpose of taking plunder
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condescended
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to descend to the level of one consider inferior
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illicitly
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not legally permitted or authorized
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compelled
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to force or drive
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covey
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a group, set, or company
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entailment
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to impose as a burden
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mortification
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a feeling of humiliation of shame
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sojourn
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a temporary stay
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onslaught
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an onset, assault, or attack
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dispensation
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something distributed or given
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expounding
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explaining in detail
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contentious
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tending to arguement or strife
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condescension
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behavior that is patronizing
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dispersed
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to drive or send off in various directions
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fraught
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full of
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fractious
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readily angered, peevish, quarrelsome
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disapprovation
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disapprovable
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