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Vocab To kill a mockingbird
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English
9th Grade
03/11/2011

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Apathy
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a lack of feeling: emotion: or interest
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Brazen
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Bold: loud: rash: forthright: impudent
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Condescend
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to come down to level of one's inferiors: to assume a superior manner
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Dormant
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a state of temporary inactivity: not operating
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Extol
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to praise extravagantly
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Futile
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Uselss or hopeless: ineffective: vain
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Intrepid
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having or showing great bravery and valor
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Inundate
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to cover with a flood: to fil or overwhelm: swamp
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Irate
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angry: incensed: enraged
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Maternal
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of or realting to, or like a mother
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Pious
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devoutly religious
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Placid
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calm peaceful
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Poignant
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deeply affecting: touching: keen or sharp in taste and smell
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Quintessence
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the purest essence or form of something: the most typical example
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Repress
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to hold back: to put down or check by force
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Rummage
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to search through thoroughly
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Subtile
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Not immediately obvious: elusive
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Superfical
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concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface: shallow
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Urbane
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refined in manner or styler: suave
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Vulnerable
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usceptible to physical injury or attack
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