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To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab
The vocabulary from To Kill a Mockingbird
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English
7th Grade
05/26/2008
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Reprimand
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To Scold
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Rout

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An overwhelming defeat
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Scowl

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A sullen, displeased or angry expression
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Stifle
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To suppress, curb or withhold
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Supplement
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Something added to complete.
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Warrent
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Authorization, sanction or justification
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Indict
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to charge with an offense or crime; accuse of wrongdoing; castigate; criticize
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Heave
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To raise or lift with effort or force
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Expunge
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To strike or blow out, erase.
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Amble
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To go at a slow, easy pace. Stroll, saunter.
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Elucidate
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To make clear, to throw light upon.
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Dispel
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1- To drive off in various directions- dissipate, disperse. 2- To cause to vanish. 
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Corrupt
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guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked
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Connive
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To cooperate secretly; conspire.
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Commute
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1- To exchange for another or for something else; give and take reciprocally; interchange. 2-
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Church
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A holy place
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Bode
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To announce beforehand, predict.
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Begrudge
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To envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone else.
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Antagonize
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To make hostile or unfriendly, to make an enemy.
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Affirm
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To state or assert positively; to maintain true.
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Acquit
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To declare not guilty, to relieve from a charge or fault.
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Whittle
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To cut, trim or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) with a knife.
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Undulate
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To move with a wave-like motion.
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Subdue
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To conquer and bring into subjection.
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Secede
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To break free from
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Skulk
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To lie or keep in hiding as for some evil reason
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Quibble
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An instance of the use of irrelevant language or argument.
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Quell

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To supress, put an end to, extinguish.
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Procure
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To obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means.
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Perpetrate
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To commit.
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Mortify
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To embaress or shame, as by injury to ones self respect or pride.
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Irk
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To irritate, annoy or exasporate.
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Infuriate
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To make furious, enrage.
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Gravitate
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To move, or tend to move under gravitational force.
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Gape
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To stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
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Decree
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A formal and authorative order.
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Croon
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To hum or sing in a soft soothing voice.
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Condescend
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to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
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Cleave
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To adhere closely, to stick to, cling.
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Assuage
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To make milder or less severe.
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