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To Kill A Mockingbird (chapters 1-6) vocab Flashcards

1
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Apothecary

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One who prepares and sells medicine

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2
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Assuaged

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To make less severe

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3
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Indigenous

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Occurring of living naturally in an area

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4
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Malevolent

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Having or exhibiting hatred

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5
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Mortification

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A feeling of shame, of humiliation

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Piety

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Religious devotion and reverence to god

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Sojourn

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A brief temporary stay

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unsullied

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Spotlessly clean and fresh

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Vexations

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Irritations

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Wallowing

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Heavily indulging in; rolling in

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Amiable

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Pleasured; good-natured

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Auspicious

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Promising success

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14
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Contentious

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Tending to fight

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15
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Dispensation

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A special allowance of privilege

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Expansively

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With a willingness to talk, share

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Fractious

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Inclined to make trouble; unruly

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Persevere

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To continue in a course of action, even through difficulty

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Tranquility

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State of calm, peacefulness, serenity

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Tyranny

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A government in which a single person assumes absolute control

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Aloof

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Distant; unfeeling

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Benevolence

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Inclination to perform charitable acts

23
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Benign

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Compassionate; incapable of causing harm

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Bewilderment

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The condition of being confused

25
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Cherub

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a winged, chubby angel

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Ensuing

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Following immediately afterward

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Morbid

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Gruesome, gloomy, or dark

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Obliged

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Under force or necessity

29
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Prowess

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Superior skill or ability; strength or courage

30
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Tacit

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Unspoken; understood without being expressed

31
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Suffix - Ical

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of or relating to

32
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aesthetic

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a particular theory or conception of beauty or art

33
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icons

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a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere

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presumptuous

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full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission

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Placid

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peacefully free of interruption or disturbance

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perils

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exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost

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apathetic

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affected by, characterized by, or displaying apathy

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