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To Kill a Mockinbirf Vocab
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05/30/2007

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infallible
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(adj)

Never Wrong
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antagonize
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(verb)

make angry; oppose
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acquiescence
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(n)

agreement without protest
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succinct
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(adj)

clear and breif
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venerable
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(n)

impressive on account of age or historic associations
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elucidate
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(v)

to explain or clarify something
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acrimonious
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(adj)

full of or displaying anger and resentment; bitter; nasty
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dictum
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(n)

official pronouncement
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tenet
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(n)

a principle or belief generally held true
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mollified
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(adj)

soothed; calmed
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volition
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(n)

of your own will
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temerity
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(n)

foolish or rash boldness
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unmitigated
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(adj)

absolute; not lessened or eased in any way
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fatalistic
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(adj)

to accept the something as though it were inevitable
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vehement
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(adj)

full of emotion and strong feeling
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brevity
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(n)

shortness in time; the economical use of words in speech or writing
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impertinence
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(n) disrespect; boldness and rudeness, especially to a superior
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spurious
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(adj)

being different from what it claims to be
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