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To kill a mockingbir
ch 1-2, 9-13, 25-27
Term | Definition |
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Inordinately | to great or too many, not within proper or reasonable limits |
Ingenuous | simple, innocent |
Analogous | similar, comparable |
Guilelessness | plain, open honesty, with out any tricks |
Trousseau | all the new clothes a bride brings to her marriage |
Ambrosia | a dessert made up of a mixture of fruit, nuts and coconut |
Obstreperous | noisy, unruly |
Invective | abusive terms, curses, insults, cuss words |
Articulate | able to speak and express oneself, speaking clearly |
Passé | old fashioned |
Umbrage | offense-annoyance, displeasure |
Rectitude | uprightness of character |
Interdict | prohibition, restraint, forbidding |
Palliation | less sever, less serious |
Reconnaissance | inspection, examination, observation |
Cantankerous | disagreeable, to deal with, contenous |
Altercation | heated or angry dispute, noisy argument |
Habiliments | outfits, clothing |
Rotogravure | process of printing pictures, often photographs of picture |
Ecclesiastical | relating to a church or the clergy |
Austere | stern and severe |
Prerogative | exclusive right or privilege |
Obliquely | indirectly |
Alleged | doubtful, suspect,supposed |
Taciturn | almost always silient |
Vapid | dull, without spirit or liveliness |
Repertoire | special skills a person has, valid; boring or uninteresting |
Malevolent | evil |
Culprit | a person guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault |
Predilection | preference or preferred way of doing something |
Flivver | an automobile,small and inexpensive |
Foray | you go somewhere or do something that is unusual |
Condescended | to agree to do something that you believe to be beneath your dignity |
Illicity | unauthorized or improper |
Indigenous | belonging to a particular region or country |
Entailment | a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property |
Smilax | a bright green twinning vine, holiday decoration |
Vexations | something that causes annoyance problems |
Persecuted | to purse with harassing or oppressive treatment |
Notoriety | fame |
Stealthily | |
Purloined | to take with dishonesty, to steal |
vehemently | marked by great energy or extertion |
guff | bodly rude or disrespectful talk |