To Kill A Mocking Bird Vocab

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Assuage

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To provide relief from something distressing or painful

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Taciturn

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Habitually uncommunicative or reserved in speech or manner

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Repertoire

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The range of techniques, abilities, or skills somebody or something has

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Vapid

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Lacking interest or liveliness

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Malevolent

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Having or showing a desire to harm others

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Predilection

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A particular liking or preference for something

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Domicile

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The house, apartment, or other place where somebody lives

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Nebulous

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Not clear, distinct, or definite

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Convey

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To deliver a message

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Dispensation

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Exemption or release from a rule or obligation, especially a religious one

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Irk

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To annoy somebody slightly, especially by being tedious

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Furor

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An angry or indignant public reaction to something

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Contemptuous

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Feeling,expressing, or demonstrating a strong dislike or utter lack or respect for somebody or something

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Contentious

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Frequently engaging in a seeming to enjoy arguments and disputes

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Diminutive

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Very small or much smaller than usual

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Fractious

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Irritable and likely to complain or misbehave

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Amiable

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Friendly and pleasant to be with

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Auspicious

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Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

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Gingerly

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In a very cautious, wary, or tentative way

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Abominable

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Extremely repugnant or offensive

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Evasion

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Not giving a direct answer to a direct question usually in order to conceal the truth

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Benign

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Mild or favorable in effect

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Magisterial

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Showing great authority and dignity

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Pestilence

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An epidemic of a highly contagious or infectious disease

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Malignant

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Likely to cause harm

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Aberration

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A departure from what is normal or desirable

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Accost

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To approach and stop somebody in order to speak, especially in an aggressive insistent, or suggestive way

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Perpetrate

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To commit or be responsible for something, usually something criminal or morally wrong

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Libel

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A false and malicious published statement that damages somebody's reputation

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Provocation

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The act of provoking somebody or something

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Trousseau

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A bride's clothing and linen that she has collected during her engagement

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Tarry

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To stay temporarily at a place, to wait

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Obstreperous

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Noisily and aggressively boisterous, refusing to be controlled

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Invective

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An abusive expression, or language used to attack or blame somebody

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Feeble

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Lacking physical or mental strength or health

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Cantankerous

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Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate