To Kill a Mockingbird
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 assuage | to calm or soothe; to ease or relieve |
| ingenuous | openly and bluntly straightforward; frankly honest |
| succinct | concise; marked by precision with no wasted words |
| tacit | expressed without words or speech; implied |
| pinioned | trapped, physically restrained, confined, held down |
| malevolent | exhibiting or having ill will or malice; malicious |
| invective | insulting or abusive language |
| elucidate | to give a clarifying explanation; to make clear |
| ruefully | regretfully |
| stolid | showing no emotion or feeling; expressionless |
| condescend | to lower oneself down to the level of another who is considered less important |
| undulate | to form or move waves |
| complacent | unconcerned; content |
| sordid | wretched, filthly, squalid, morally degraded |
| raling | describing a raspy cough or an ill respiratory sound |
| evasion | the act of avoiding |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| mollify | to calm or soothe; to ease or relieve |
| impertinence | a bold statement/action, which is irrelevant to the subject at hand |
| edification | intellectual or moral improvement; enlightenment |
| chameleon | a changeable person |
| altercation | a noisy, heated and angry dispute |
| impudent | bratty; offensively bold; rude; insolent |
| demise | death |
| rectitude | strength of character; good moral judgment, behavior |
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