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To kill a mocking bird vocab- english january 21, 2008
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| auspicious | successful |
| arbitrated | to judge or decide as a third party |
| benign | good, harmless |
| tacit | unspoken |
| pestilence | widespread usually fatal epidemic |
| benevolence | goodness, kindness |
| inquisitive | curious, wanting knowledge |
| edification | enlightenment, enhance knowledge |
| condescended | to deal with others as if one is superior or to descend to a lower level than oneself |
| indigenous | naturally occurring in an area |
| cunning | skill in deception, guile |
| wallowing | to roll oneself in, be surrounded or overwhelmed by |
| illicitly | in a manner that is unacceptable by custom or law |
| dispensation | the act of distributing |
| contemptuous | in a hateful manner |
| diminutive | very small |
| begrudge | to envy the possession or enjoyment of another |
| concession | an acknowledgement or admission |
| learned | one who is educated |
| discernible | able to see or be sensed |
| aberration | deviation from what is right, true or normal |
| libel | any written or printed material that unjustly injures a persons reputation |
| touchous | overly sensitive |
| accosted | to approach and speak to in an aggressive manner |
| altercation | an angry or heated argument or quarrel |
| boded | an omen of, a sign of something that is to come |
| indignantly | an angry manner due to feelings of injustice |
| haughty | having great pride in oneself and contempt for others, arrogant |
| dispelled | to scatter or drive away |
| garish | gaudy, showy |
| innate | inborn, natural |
| acrimonious | bitterness or harshness in manner or speech |
| quelling | to subdue, to quiet or to put out |
| tenet | a principle, doctrine, or belief held as truth |
| elucidate | to make something clear, explain |
| unobtrusive | not to force oneself on others, inconspicuous |
| convened | to assemble for a meeting |
| fluctuation | marked by irregular changes |
| congenital | existing at birth |