To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary

Ms. Lucas (United States of America)
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  1. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  2. persecution
    causing someone to suffer
  3. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  4. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  5. condescend
    behave in a patronizing manner
  6. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  7. deliberate
    carefully thought out in advance
  8. sojourn
    a temporary stay
  9. speculation
    a hypothesis that has been formed by conjecturing
  10. truant
    one who is absent from school without permission
  11. diminutive
    very small
  12. misfortune
    a state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
  13. peculiar
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  14. benevolence
    disposition to do good
  15. gesture
    motion of hands or body to emphasize a thought or feeling
  16. sin
    an act that is regarded as a transgression of God's will
  17. dismemberment
    the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
  18. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  19. ramshackle
    in poor or broken-down condition
  20. malignant
    dangerous to health
  21. baffled
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  22. burdensome
    not easily borne or endured; causing hardship
  23. meditative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  24. render
    give or supply
Created on Mon Nov 25 08:20:55 EST 2013

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