List B Vocab (To Kill a Mockingbird) Flashcards


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Vigil

1.) n. the act of keeping watch

2.) a night long watch

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Aberrations

n. A deviation, or moving away from, something that is normal

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Accost

v. To approach and demand a conversation

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Caricatures

n. A representation of a person where certain features of that person are exaggerated or distorted

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Perpetrated

v. Carried out; committed

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Procure

v. Get; obtain

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Quell

v. to overwhelm something until it is powerless

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Analogous

adj. Similar; comparable

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Compensation

n. Payment for something or to make up for something

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Gallanty

adv. Politely; in the manner of a gentleman

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Guilelessness

n. Without craftiness and cunning in dealing with other people

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Harbor

v. To hold in the mind

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Indicative

adj. Shows or displays something

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Innate

adj. a natural part of something else; natural; born that way

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Inordinately

adv. Going beyond what is considered reasonable; too great or too many

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Obstreperous

adj. noisy unruly

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Subdued

v. Soothed or softened and made less intense

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Uncompromising

adj. Unchanging; firm; set

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Articulate

adj. Able to speak and express oneself in a clear manner

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Attributes

n. Characteristics; qualities of a person or thing

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Apoplectic

adj. Having the qualities of sudden paralysis or a stroke

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Infuriate

v. To anger greatly

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Palliate

v. To lessen pain, fear, or anxiety without actually making the fear and anxiety go away

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Philippic

n. A bitter verbal attack

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Propensities

n. Inclinations or tendencies