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to kill a mockingbird vocabbb
Term | Definition |
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assuaged | ease, relieve |
detention | holding in custody |
imprudent | lacking, discretion, incautious |
profane | abusive, treat with contempt |
pronouncement | delcaration |
entailment | property limited to certain heirs, agreement |
onslaught | fierce attack |
irked | annoyed |
refraining | restraining, to keep from doing something |
melancholy | sad |
tormention | torturing |
bewilderment | confusion |
whittles | carves |
direst | worst |
quelled | overcome, thoroughly |
fanatical | obsessed |
erraically | sporadically |
vehemently | emphatically (force) |
ruthless | unscrupulous |
beholden | indebted, owing |
elucidate | make clear |
litigant | engaged in lawsuit |
corroborate | confirm/give support |
gleaned | extract (information) from various sources. |
acrimonious | angry or bitter |
volition | the faculty or power of using one's will. |
temerity | excessive confidence or boldness |
sordid | involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt |
pinioned | tie or hold the arms or legs of (someone) |
encumbered | restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult. |
aggregated | form or group into a class or cluster. |
connived | secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur. |
habiliments | clothing |
mollify | appease the anger or anxiety of (someone). |
contentious | causing or likely to cause an argument |
persevere | continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success. |
succinct | briefly and clearly expressed. |
acquiescent | ready to accept something without protest |
feral | is an animal living in the wild but descended from domesticated individuals |
stolid | calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation. |