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To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary 2. assuage. ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger). piety. religious devotion; godliness. dictum. authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim. taciturn. habitually silent; talking little. malevolent. evil; harmful; injurious.
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assuage • ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
piety • religious devotion; godliness
dictum • authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim
taciturn • habitually silent; talking little
malevolent • evil; harmful; injurious
predilection • partiality; preference
concede • admit; yield; acknowledge
nebulous • vague; hazy; cloudy
indigenous • native
illicit • illegal
compelling • overpowering; irresistible in effect
irk • annoy
amiable • agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly
judicious • sound in judgment; wise