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TKAMB - Wendelin
To KIll A Mockingbird Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impotent | powerless |
| taciturn | almost always silent |
| eccentric | to be shamelessly bold, as if you don't care what anyone thinks about you |
| predilection | a preference, or preferred way of doing something |
| indigenous | growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment |
| piety | devotion to religious duties and practices |
| strictures | conditions or rules |
| apothecary | an early form of pharmacist |
| malevolent | evil |
| pronouncement | a usually formal declaration of opinion |
| unsullied | untouched or unused |
| domicile | a house or a place where a person lives |
| compromise | something intermediate, between, or blending qualities of two different things |
| impudent | deviating from the accepted usage or conduct, especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| condescend | to descend to a less formal or dignified level |
| ambled | to walk at a slow, leisurely pace |