To Kill a Mockingbird

Ms. Schweighardt (United States of America)
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  1. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  2. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  3. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  4. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
  5. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  6. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  7. secede
    withdraw from an organization or polity
  8. illicitly
    in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom
  9. covey
    a small flock of birds
  10. vexation
    anger produced by some annoying irritation
  11. sojourn
    a temporary stay
  12. irk
    irritate or vex
  13. ghost
    the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
    "haint"-southern slang for a ghost,spirit,apparition
  14. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  15. diminutive
    very small
  16. monosyllabic
    having or consisting of only one vowel or vowel-like sound
  17. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  18. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  19. quelling
    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  20. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  21. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  22. benevolence
    disposition to do good
  23. asinine
    devoid of intelligence
  24. edification
    uplifting enlightenment
  25. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
    intr.v. quib·bled, quib·bling, quib·bles
    1. To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections.
    2. To find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil.
    n.
    1. A petty distinction or an irrelevant objection.
    2. Archaic A pun.
  26. kudzu
    a type of fast-growing vine
  27. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  28. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  29. collards
    kale that has smooth leaves
  30. malignant
    dangerous to health
  31. waning
    a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
  32. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  33. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  34. vigil
    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
  35. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  36. perpetrate
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  37. caricature
    a representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect
Created on Sat May 25 17:33:48 EDT 2013 (updated Wed May 29 23:19:03 EDT 2013)

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