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TKAMB vocab
To Kill a Mocking Bird Vocabulary
| TKAMB term | definition |
|---|---|
| assuaged | eased; make less intense; calm or soothe |
| alleged | asserted without proof |
| predilection | predisposition in favor of something; preferense |
| illicitly | unlawfully; without permission |
| ascertaining | making certain; discovering; determining |
| unfathomable | unable to be measured or understood |
| perpetrated | committed; carried out; brought about |
| vehemently | passionately; powerfully |
| altercation | noisy, angry dispute; quarrel |
| austere | stern and forbidding in appearance and manner; somber; grave |
| prerogative | exclusive or special right, power of privilege |
| infallible | incapable of an error; sure; certain |
| venerable | respected or admired |
| sullen | gloomy; resentfully silent or repressed; dismal |
| impudent | insolent; bold disregard of others |
| temerity | foolishness |
| tynical | critical and distrustful of human nature and motives |
| adament | unyielding; inflexible |
| persecuted | harassed; mad to suffer because of one's beliefs |
| eccentricity | something strange or out of the ordinary |
| apprehensive | fearful; filled with anxiety |
| amiable | having a good natured, friendly disposition |