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To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary 1

To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary 1. 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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To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary 1

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  1. To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary 1

  2. assuage • ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

  3. piety • religious devotion; godliness

  4. dictum • authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim

  5. taciturn • habitually silent; talking little

  6. malevolent • evil; harmful; injurious

  7. predilection • partiality; preference

  8. concede • admit; yield; acknowledge

  9. nebulous • vague; hazy; cloudy

  10. indigenous • native

  11. illicit • illegal

  12. compelling • overpowering; irresistible in effect

  13. irk • annoy

  14. amiable • agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly

  15. judicious • sound in judgment; wise

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