To Kill a Mockingbird

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To Kill a Mockingbird

• Vocabulary Definitions

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Chapters 1 - 6

1. Piety (N) Religious devotion.
2. Vapid (Adj)- Flat uninteresting.
3. Malevolent (Adj)- Evil Exhibiting ill will.
4. Contemptuous (Adj) Scornful

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Chapters 1-6

1. Contentious- (Adj)- Argumentative quarrelsome.
2. Dispensation- (N) Release from an obligation or
   promise.
3. Edify- (V) To educate to instruct.

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Chapters 1-6

• Quell- (V)- To quiet to pacify.
• Cordiality- (N)- Sincere affection and kindness.
• 10. Morbid- (Adj)- Gruesome horrible.

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Chapters 7 12

1. Analogous- (Adj) Similar comparable.
2. Compensation- (N) Payment for something or to
   make up for something.
3. Prerogative (N) Privilege.

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Chapters 7 -12

1. Austere- (Adj) Severe stern harsh.
2. Propensity- (N) Inclination tendency.
3. Melancholy- (Adj/N) Characterized by gloom and
   depression dejection.

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Chapters 7-12

1. Acrimonious (Adj) Bitter ill- natured
   showing animosity.
2. Corroborate (V) To support or confirm.
3. Curt (Adj) To be brief and short to the
   point of being rude.
4. Devoid- (Adj) Empty without completely
   lacking.

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Chapters 13 - 18

1. Caste (N) Class division based on
   differences in wealth, rank or job.
2. Elusive (Adj) Not easily found or understood.
3. Edification- (N) Act of improvement or learning.

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Chapter 13 -18

1. Affliction- (N) Distress pain
   misfortune.
2. Terse (Adj) Brief concise
3. Amiably (Adv) Agreeably in a friendly
   way.
4. Indigenous (Adj) Native naturally
   occurring.

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Chapters 13 - 18

1. Tenet (N) Belief principle.
2. Stealthy (Adj) Cunning sneaky.
3. Rankle (V) To cause irritation or
   resentment.

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Chapters 19- 31

1. Expunge- (V)- Erase blot out.
2. Impudent-(Adj)-Ill-mannered bold rude.
3. Iota- (N) Tiny bit.
4. Cynical- (Adj) Suspicious distrustful.

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Chapters 19-31

1. Squalor (N) Poverty wretchedness.
2. Recluse (N) Hermit loner.
3. Teeming (V) Brimming swarming.
4. Primeval- (Adj)- Ancient prehistoric.

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Chapters 19-31

1. Garishly (Adv)- In a showy, gaudy way.
2. Acquiescence-(N)-Consent agreement.