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TKM Vocab SP09-3
To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary List 3 - Spring 2009
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| eccentric | considered by other people to be strange or unusual |
| indigenous | belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else |
| frosting | a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies and the likes ; icing |
| adjoin | be adjacent; neighbor on |
| irk | to irritate or vex |
| nebulous | cloudy, foggy or confusing; unclear |
| lurk | to lie in wait in hiding |
| guff | worthless talk or ideas |
| vehemently | powerful; intensely emotional; forcibly expressed |
| prerogative | a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class |
| murmur | a low, unclear and continuous background noise |
| lonesome | feeling sad and in need of a friend |
| tranquility | calmness; peacefulness; quiet |
| fuss | a display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, interest or protest |
| promptly | with little or no delay; at once |
| neglect | ignore, disregard, omit |
| absorbent | capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture,etc. |
| fluctuation | continual change from one point or condition to another |