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Ch. 12-16 Vocab

To Kill a Mockingbird

QuestionAnswer
altercation a loud quarrel
melancholy sad; depressed; thoughtful
denunciation a public announcement of disapproval
formidable inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
prerogative an exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group
caste a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth
futility uselessness
morbid psychologically unhealthy
elucidate to make clear or plain; to clarify
unobtrusive not noticeable; inconspicuous
Sit-down strikes (Michigan) sit-down strike of 1936–1937, in which auto workers sat down on the job for forty days in protest for union recognition.
Octagon Soap was a harsh lye soap intended primarily for laundry, but often used as an all
Garden of Gethsemane was where Jesus went to pray on the night before his crucifixion. It was in this garden that he was arrested by Roman soldiers.
Prohibition the period (1920–1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States.
Bootleggers people who make, sell, and/or transport alcoholic liquor for sale illegally.
The War Between the States the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Reconstruction was the period of time, roughly between 1867 and 1877, when the Southern states were reorganized and reestablished after the Civil War.
Ku Klux Klan a secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of terrorism.
Braxton Bragg the commander of the Western Confederate Army during the Civil War. Bragg led a less
Mennonite a member of an Anabaptist church characterized particularly by simplicity of life, pacifism, and nonresistance.
Venue the locality where a crime is committed or a cause of action occurs. It may also be the locality from which a jury is called and in which a trial is held.
Change the venue In certain cases, the court has power to direct the trial to be held in a different county from that where the crime was committed.
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