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E9 To Kill a MockingBird 18-24
TKM 18-24 Terms
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English
9th Grade
02/19/2009

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IRRELEVANT (adj)
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not relevant; not pertinent; not to the point; not relating to the subject
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INVOLUNTARY (adj)
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not done of one's own free will; not done by choice
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INSTINCTIVE (adj)
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determined by natural impulse
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TEMERITY (n)
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reckless boldness; rashness
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IMMATERIAL (adj)
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unimportant, not pertinent; irrelevant,
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ARID (adj)
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being without moisture; extremely dry; parched
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VOLITION (n)
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a choice or decision made by the will
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PERPETRATE (v)
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to commit
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INTEGRITY (n)
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soundness of moral character; honesty
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FERAL (adj)
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not domesticated or cultivated; wild
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BOVINE (adj)
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cowlike, stolid; dull
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PERPETUAL (adj)
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continuing or enduring forever; everlasting
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DURESS (n)
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compulsion by threat or force
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CORROBORATIVE (adj)
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Tending to strengthen of confirm
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CYNICAL (adj)
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distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
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NEUTRALITY (n)
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The state or policy of being neutral, especially nonparticipation in war
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BROWBEAT (v)
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to intimidate by overbearing looks or words
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CONTRABAND (n)
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anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported
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CREDIBILITY (n)
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capable of being believed; believable
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YONDER (n)
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being the more distant or farther
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SCRUTINY (n)
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a close and searching look
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EXPUNGE (v)
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to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate
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ACQUITTAL (n)
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the discharge or release or settlement of a debt, obligation
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PILGRIMAGE (n)
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a journey, esp. a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
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EXODUS (n)
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A departure of a large number of people
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SIBILANT (adj)
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characterized by a hissing sound
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UNMITIGATED (adj)
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not softened or lessened
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VEHEMENT (adj)
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strongly emotional; intense or passionate
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FURTIVE (adj)
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sly; shifty
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