To Kill A Mockingbird Flashcards

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Acquiescence

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(Noun)- The act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit ascent, agreement or consent by silence or without objection, compliance

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Ambidextrous

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(Adj)- able to use both hands equally well

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Analogous

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(Adj)- similar in someway, parallel

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Apoplectic

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(Adj)- very angry and excited, of, relating to, or causing stroke

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Assuage

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(Verb)- to make something less painful, severe, mollify

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Auspicious

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(Adj)- showing or suggesting that future success is likely, optimistic

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Caliber

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(Noun)- degree of mental capacity or moral quality, degree of excellence or importance

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Chattel

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(Noun)- something that a person owns other than land or buildings

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Denunciation

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(Noun)- A public statement that strongly criticizes someone or something as being bad or wrong

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Dictum

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(Noun)- A statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea or rule

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Dispensation

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(Noun)- permission to break a law or an official promise you have made, and act of providing something to people

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Edification

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(Noun)- moral improvement

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Elucidate

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(Verb)- to make lucid or clear, to provide clarification

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Entailment

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(Noun)- involving by necessity or as a consequence

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Expound

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(Verb)- to set forth or explain in detail, to explain or interpret

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Florid

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Adjective- flowery, excessively ornate, reddish

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Foray

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Noun-a quick raid usually for the purpose of taking plunder, attack

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Fractious

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Adjective-readily angered or unruly

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Glean

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Verb-to gather slowly and laboriously

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Guileless

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Adjective-free from guile, sincere, honest

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Hone

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Verb-to make more acute or effective, improve, perfect

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Impediment

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Noun-obstruction, hindrance, obstacle

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Indigenous

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Adjective-inherent, natural

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Ingenious

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Adjective-showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness

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Iniquity
Noun-The quality of being unfair or evil, something that is unfair or evil
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Innate
Adjective-existing as part of the basic nature of something
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Invective
Adjective-of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse
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Malevolent
Adjective-having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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Morbid
Adjective-relating to unpleasant subjects, abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings
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Mortification
Noun- A strong feeling of embarrassment
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Obstreperous
Adjective-difficult to control and often noisy
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Palliation
Noun-to reduce the violence or to ease without curing
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Perpetrate
Verb-to bring about or carry out
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Predilection
Noun-a tendency to think favorably of something in particular, partiality, preference
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Prerogative
Noun-a privilege given to a specific person or group
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Propensity
Noun-a strong inclination to do something
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Provocation
Noun, something that insights, instigates, angers, or irritates
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Quibble
Noun- a slight objection or criticism
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Spurious
Adjective-not genuine, authentic, or true, phony
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Succinct
Adjective-tirade expressed in few words, concise, terse
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Umbrage
Noun- offense, annoyance, displeasure
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Vapid
Adjective-lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor, insipid, flat
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Accost
(Verb)- To approach and speak to someone often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way