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kill a mocking bird 1-8 vocab.
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English
9th Grade
11/28/2007

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strictures
Definition
a restriction on a person or an activity
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assuaged
Definition
make a feeling less intense
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dictum
Definition
a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle
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imprudent
Definition
not showing care for the consequences of your action
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profound
Definition
very great or intense
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repertoire
Definition
some kind of performance that someone is prepared to do.
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malevolent
Definition
having or showing a wish to do evil things to someone or something.
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predilection
Definition
a bias in favor of something
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nebulous
Definition
in the form of a cloud or haze
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condescended
Definition
shop feelings of superiority; patronize
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illicitly
Definition
forbidden by rules, law, or custom
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sojourn
Definition
a temporary stay
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expounding
Definition
presenting and explaining
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iniquities
Definition
immoral or grossly unfair behavior
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furor
Definition
an outbreak of public anger or excitement
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disapprobation
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strong disapproval
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wrought
Definition
beaten out or shaped by hammering
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tacit
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understood or implied without being stated
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edification
Definition
improvement of a person morally
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perpetrated
Definition
carry out or commit
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caricatures
Definition
a copy of something, but changed a bit to make it appear different, comically or grotesquely
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perplexity
Definition
something complicated
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