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TKAM Ch. 1-5
To Kill a Mockingbird Ch. 1-5 vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| detachment | n. indifference; absence of prejudice or bias |
| tyrannical | adj. having absolute authority |
| revelation | n. the act of revealing or disclosing |
| asylum | n. an institution for the care of people with physical or mental impairments |
| entailment | n. to limit the inheritance of property to a specified succession of heirs; the state of being entailed |
| contentious | adj. quarrelsome |
| disapprobation | n. moral disapproval; condemnation |
| auspicious | adj. attended by favorable circumstances; favorable |
| arbitrated | v. decided in or as in the manner of a judge |
| edification | n. intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment |
| cantankerous | adj. irritable; difficult to deal with |
| compel | v. to force; to require |
| conscience | n. inner sense of right and wrong |
| feeble | adj. lacking strength |