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To Kill A Mockingbird Vocabulary
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English
9th Grade
12/06/2012

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assuaged
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to put an end to by satisfying
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irked
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to make weary, irritated, or bored
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contemptuous
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manifesting feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval; feeling or showing contempt
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arbitrated
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decide, determine
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melancholy
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an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression
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incomprehensible
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impossible to comprehend
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desolate
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devoid in habits and visitors/ abandonment/ neglect
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perpetrated
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to break through
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simultaneous `
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existing or occurring at the same time
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acquisition
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something or someone gained
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inaudible
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not audible/ not heard
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protruded
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to thrust forward
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infuriated
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to make furious
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cantankerous
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difficult or irritating to deal with
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impediments
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an impairment that interferes with proper articulation of speech
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dispelled
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to drive away by or as if by scattering
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tentative
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not fully worked out or developed
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impudent
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shamelessly bold/ arrogant
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circumstantial
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having to do with or depending on circumstances
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tranquil
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free from agitation of mind or spirit
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adamant
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an unbreakable or extremely hard substance
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vehement
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Marked by forceful energy/ emotion
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wrathfully
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strong vengeful anger
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apprehension
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the act of power or comprehending
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impertinence
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not pertinent/ irrelevant
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demise
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to convey by will or lease
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persevered
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to persist in speech, argument
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ascertain
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to make certain exact or precise
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eluded
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to escape the perception, understanding or grasping
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