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to kill a mockingbird vocabbb
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |