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To Kill A Mockingbird Vocabualry
Chapters1-31
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English
9th Grade
12/06/2015
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Piety
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Reverence for God; fulfillment of religious obligations
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Nebulous
 Definition
Vague or unclear
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Conferred
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Consulted
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Expounding
 Definition
Explaining in great detail
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Judiciously
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Wisely
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Concessions
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Acts of knowledge and accepting the opposing party's point
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Auspicious
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Favorable or successful
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Parceled
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Divided and distributed
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Evasion
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The act of avoiding or hiding
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Quelling
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Pacifying or suppressing
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Benign
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KindKind and gentle, not causing harm
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Facit
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Implied or known without stating aloud
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Benevolence
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Kindness, thoughtfulness
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Peril
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Immediate danger or risk
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Placidly
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Calmly or quietly
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Ensuing
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Following afterwards
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Dismemberment
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Cutting up the limbs or parts of something
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Waning
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Decreasing or diminishing in size or amount
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Vigil
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The act of keeping watch
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Unfathomable
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Unable to be understood
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Accosted
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Approached and demanded a conversation
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Perpetrated
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Committed
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Vivid
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Intensely bright and colorful
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Perplexity
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The state of being confused
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Inordinately
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Going beyond what is considered reasonable
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Ingenuous
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Innocent and unworldly
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Provocation
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Something that causes anger or other intense feelings
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Inevitable
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Cannot be stopped or avoided
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Inconspicuous
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Easy to miss or not see
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Mausolem
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Large tomb or a structure that holds many caskets
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Erratically
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Without purpose or direction
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Vehemently
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Forcefully or vigorously
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Articulate
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Able to speak in a clear manner
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Degeneration
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The process of breaking down or being destroyed
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Umbrage
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Resentment
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Skulked
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Hid out or walked about with a guilty conscience
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Tirade
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A long negative speech
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Propensities
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Tendencies toward something
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Contemptuously
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Scornfully
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Ecclesiastical
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Relaed to a church or religion
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Qualms
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Feelings of unease or nervousness
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Austere
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Strict or severe
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Prerogative
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A right to do something
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Curtness
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Being brief in a rude way
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Pensive
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Thinking deeply of wistfully
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Antagonize
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To cause anger or irritation
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Tentative
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Uncertain or not completely agreed upon
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Stifle
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Keep down or hold back
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Prevailed
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Was predominant or most common
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Succinct
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Precise and without any extras
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Acquiescence
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Agreeing without argument
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Futility
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Uselessness, because a result cannot be achieved
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Unobtrusive
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Inconspicuous or not very noticeable
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Eccentricities
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Characteordinances that are out of the ordinary and somewhat odd
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Scrutiny
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Careful examination
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Devoid
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Totally empty or lacking
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Genially
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Pleasantly or friendly
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Tenet
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A doctrine or principle
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Mollified
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Soothed or calmed
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Arid
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Dry or lifeless
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Predicament
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A difficult situation; problem
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Unimpaired
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Undamaged or unhindered
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Expunge
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Completely erase
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Impudent
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Offensively bold
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Equivalent
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Equal in value or worth
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Contraband
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Forbidden goods or objects
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Unmitigated
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Unrelieved or without exception
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Acquit
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To clear of all charges
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Exhilarated
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Very happy or invigorated
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Fatalistic
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Believing things are predetermined and unchangable
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Ruefully
 Definition
In a pitiful, sorrowful manner
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