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Not easily irritated, free from disturbance
(169)"it had been a placid week" |
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Impressive by reason of age, profoundly honored
(170) "the Maycomb jail was the most venerable and hideous of the county's buildings. |
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the act of agreeing or concurring.
(173) "We were accustomed to prompt, if not cheerful acquiescence." |
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the quality of being futile; ineffectiveness; uselessness
(174) "I began to sense the futility one feels when unacknowledged by a chance acquaintance" |
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strange and ungraceful in appearance or form.
(174) "An attitude he had once described as uncouth" |
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to make more certain; confirm
(178)"he said something about corroborating evidence." |
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Of or relating to a condition that is present at birth, as a result of either heredity or environmental influences
(178) "no doctor could free them from congenital birth defects." |
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angry and bitter
(195) "when a debate became more acrimonious than professional" |
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the passage from which food passes from the mouth to the stomach
(192) "there were definite finger marks on her gullet" |
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