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To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz
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Literature
8th Grade
10/27/2011

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Akimbo
Definition
elbows bent and hands on hips
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Ellucidate
Definition
explain clearly
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Corroborating
Definition
to give additional support
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Acrimonious
Definition
bitter or hostile
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Pilgrimage
Definition
a long journey or search, often for religious purposes
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Exodus
Definition
when a large number of people leave
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Volition
Definition
consciously choosing or acting according to one's will
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Ex cathedra
Definition
speaking with power given by one's position
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Iota
Definition
a tiny bit
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Temerity
Definition
recklessness or folly
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Demurred
Definition
objected
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Feral
Definition
wild and undomesticated
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Stolidly
Definition
with little emotion
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Duress
Definition
coercion or force
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Largo
Definition
a slow tempo or beat
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Sibilant
Definition
a hissing sound
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Spurious
Definition
lacking authority or legitimacy
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Purloined
Definition
stolen
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Irascible
Definition
easily angered
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Pinioned
Definition
to hold someone's arems down to restrain them
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Untrammeled
Definition
not restricted
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Utmost
Definition
the highest degree, amount, or extreme
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Shrewder
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being more sharply aware and more intelligent than someone else
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