English I -- To Kill a Mockingbird

Ms. Connor (United States of America)
Words from the first half of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, for Mrs. Connor's English I class.
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  1. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  2. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  3. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  4. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  5. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  6. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  7. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  8. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
  9. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  10. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  11. unsullied
    free from blemishes
  12. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  13. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  14. perplexity
    trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
  15. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  16. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  17. rudiments
    a statement of fundamental facts or principles
  18. inconspicuous
    not prominent or readily noticeable
  19. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  20. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  21. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  22. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  23. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  24. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  25. carnal
    of or relating to the body or flesh
  26. infallible
    incapable of failure or error
  27. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  28. venerable
    profoundly honored
  29. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  30. unobtrusive
    not undesirably noticeable
Created on Sat Sep 13 20:03:23 EDT 2014 (updated Tue Mar 21 10:01:14 EDT 2017)

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