Mockingbird Vocab Chapters 9-11

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13 Terms

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Induce

To persuade someone to do something; to bring about or give rise to

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Inordinately

excessively;immoderately;well outside of the usual limits

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Wary

Feeling or showing caution;being on guard against possible danger

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Innate

inborn;naturally or inherently present

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Provocation

something that excites a person to action or causes anger or irritation

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Guilelessness

The quality of being innocent and totally without deception; completely straightforward and honest; not at all tricky

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Deportment

the way a person behaves or conducts himself; a person’s manners.

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Obstreperous

unruly; difficult to deal with; noisy hard to control

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Gallantly

done in a chivalrous way; courteous; exceptionally polite

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Peril

being at serious risk or in grave danger

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Degeneration

the process of deterioration;becoming corrupt or bad; breaking down

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Palliation

the act or process of relieving one’s suffering; the alleviation of unpleasant symptoms without curing the actual disease.

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Viscous

of a thick sticky consistency

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