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tkmb vocab
words from To Kill a Mockingbird
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8th Grade
03/07/2008

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Term
Inordinately
Definition

Disorderly;uncontrolled

p.87

"He wore a general Hood type beard of which he was inordinately vain."

Term
Lineaments
Definition
Distinguishing features p.88
"A flip of the coin revealed the uncompromising lineaments of Aunt Alexandra and Francis."
Term
analogous
Definition
Corresponding to something p.89
"Aunt Alexandra would have been analogous to Mount Everest."
Term
Provocation
Definition
Something that angers or irritates p.90
"Not unless there's extreme provocation connected with 'em."
Term
Guilelessness
Definition
Sincere;honest p.91
"The interal arrangements of the Finch house were indictive of Simon's guilelessness."
Term
Obstreperous
Definition
Noisy; clamorous p.97
"It was obstreperous, disorderly, and abusive..."
Term
Invective
Definition
Insulting or abusive p.99
"Her use of bathroom invective leaves nothing to the imagination."
Term
Evasion
Definition
Physical or mental escape p.99
"Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker then adults."
Term
Breastworks
Definition
A temporary, quickly constructed fortifications p.104
"...busied myself for two hours erecting complicated breastworks at the side of the porch..."
Term
Peril
Definition
Exposure to injury p.105
"Your in considerable peril."
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Erratically
Definition
Having no certain or definite course p.106
"He walked erratically, as if his right legs were shorter then his left legs."
Term
Vehemently
Definition
Zealous, ardent or impassioned p.109
"Aticus shock his head vehemently."
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