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To Kill A Mockingbird Ch. 11-20

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  1. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
    We could tell, however, when debate became more acrimonious than professional, but this was from watching lawyers other than our father.
  2. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
    We asked Miss Maudie to elucidate: she said Miss Stephanie seemed to know so much about the case she might as well be called on to testify.
  3. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    Mollified, Mayella gave Atticus a final terrified glance and said to Mr. Gilmer, "Well sir, I was on the porch and -and he came along and, you see, there was this old chiffarobe in the yard Papa'd brought in to chop up for kindlin'-Papa told me to
  4. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
    Instead, Maycomb grew and sprawled out from its hub, Sinkfield's Tavern, because Sinkfield reduced his guests to myopic drunkenness one evening, induced them to bring forward their maps and charts, lop off a little here, add a bit there, and adjust
  5. rankle
    make resentful or angry
    Atticus's remarks were still rankling, which made me miss the request in Jem's question.
  6. gouge
    an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
    He was still on the bed and I couldn't get a firm stance, so I threw myself at him as hard as I could, hitting, pulling, pinching, gouging.
  7. protrude
    extend out or project in space
    Her bottom plate was not in, and her upper lip protruded; from time to time she would draw her nether lip to her upper plate and carry her chin with it.
  8. vacate
    leave behind empty; move out of
    Atticus picked up the Mobile Press and sat down in the rocking chair Jem had vacated.
  9. infuriate
    make extremely angry
    I tried to explain to Atticus that it wasn't so much what Francis said that had infuriated me as the way he had said it.
  10. dangle
    hang freely
    As he read along, I noticed that Mrs. Dubose's corrections grew fewer and farther between, that Jem had even left one sentence dangling in mid-air.
  11. ramshackle
    in poor or broken-down condition
    As they had come, in ones and twos the men shuffled back to their ramshackle cars.
  12. persisting
    relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit
    We forgot her, trooped upstairs to church, and were listening quietly to the sermon when a dreadful banging issued from the radiator pipes, persisting until someone investigated and brought forth Eunice Ann saying she didn't want to play Shadrach a
Created on Wed Mar 27 02:18:32 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Apr 03 07:09:45 EDT 2013)

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