To Kill A Mocking Bird Part 2 Vocab
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HelenNickerson on January 21, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 appall | to horrify |
| austere | stern and severe |
| clad | dressed |
| contemptuously | scornfully |
| contentious | ready to argue |
| denunciation | disapproval of |
| diligently | industriously |
| frivolous | silly |
| garish | gaudy |
| habiliments | clothing |
| curtness | to be abrupt |
| devoid | empty |
| myopic | nearsighted |
| obliquely | indirectly |
| prerogative | privilege |
| tactful | able to say the right thing |
| infallible | never wrong |
| acquiescence | agree without protest |
| begrudge | to feel envy |
| ecclesiastical | church-like |
| aggregation | gathering |
| facade | false front |
| impassive | emotionless |
| ominous | threatening |
| stifle | suppress |
| succinct | brief |
| uncouth | crude |
| venerable | deserving respect |
| affirm | firmly declare |
| dispel | disperse |
| eccentricities | oddities |
| elucidate | explain |
| ruddy | reddish |
| subpoena | summon to appear in court |
| sundry | various |
| acrimonious | bitter |
| ambidextrous | able to use both hands |
| amiably | pleasantly |
| benignly | kindly |
| complacently | self-satisfied |
| congenital | innate |
| corroborate | confirm |
| corrugated | ridged and grooved |
| dictum | official pronouncement |
| namesake | the person one is named after |
| quell | to calm |
| smugness | think a lot of oneself |
| speculate | to think about |
| sullen | gloomy and threatening |
| turbulent | stormy |
| lavations | washings |
| mollify | to soothe |
| perpetual | everlasting |
| candid | open and honest |
| expunge | eradicate |
| impudent | disrespectful |
| volition | will |
| aridity | dryness |
| caliber | quality |
| indict | accuse; charge |
| perpetrate | commit |
| temerity | rash boldness |
| exhilarate | thrill |
| cynical | pessimistic |
| fatalistic | to accept as inevitable |
| feral | savage |
| heathen | without religion; uncivilized |
| furtive | sly |
| vehement | strong feeling |
| wryly | slightly sarcastic |
| apprehension | fear |
| bovine | cow-like |
| brevity | shortness |
| impertinence | insolence |
| squalid | filthy |
| veneer | outer surface |
| remorse | regret or guilt |
| recluse | one who stays away from others |
| spurious | not genuine |
| florid | flowery in style |
| nondescript | common |
| furtive | sly |
| irascible | hot-tempered |
| pinion | restrain |
| reprimand | scold |
| blandly | smoothly |
| connive | secretly cooperate; scheme |
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