To Kill a Mockingbird
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vibrantheartz on October 6, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| chattel | an item of personal, movable property; slave, personal as opposed to real property |
| profane | violate the sacred character of a place or language |
| entailment | a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property, something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) |
| vexation | the act of troubling or annoying someone, something or someone that causes anxiety |
| mortification | an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect, strong feelings of embarrassment |
| amiable | diffusing warmth and friendliness, disposed to please, (adj.) friendly, good-natured |
| judiciously | wisely; sensibly; with care or caution |
| auspicious | tending to favor or bring good luck, attended by favorable circumstances, showing signs that promise success |
| perpetrate | to commit, as a crime or other antisocial act, perform an act, usually with a negative connotation |
| evasion | act of avoiding |
| inconspicious | Not noticeable or prominent |
| undulate | increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves |
| propensity | a disposition to behave in a certain way |
| appalling | inspiring shock, horror, disgust |
| prerogative | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) |
| succinct | briefly giving the gist of something, brief, concise |
| futility | uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result |
| aggregation | several things grouped together or considered as a whole, the act of gathering something together |
| subpoena | a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding |
| affluent | having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |
| ambidextrous | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another |
| expunge | to erase, obliterate, destroy (Morgan got his criminal record expunged) |
| furtive | secret and sly or sordid, marked by quiet and caution and secrecy |
| vocation | the particular occupation for which you are trained |
| spurious | intended to deceive, plausible but false |
| florid | elaborately or excessively ornamented, (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
| perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance, make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation |
| stolidly | in a stolid manner |
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