Vocabulary
Characters
Chapter 1&2
Vocabulary
Characters
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What is assuage?
To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate
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Who is quick witted, fun-loving young boy, older brother to Scout?
Jeremy "Jem" Finich
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According to the narrator in Chapter 1, where did Atticus Finch go to study law?
Mobile, Alabama
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What is arbitrate?
reach an authoritative judgment or settlement
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Who is the person that questions injustice that she sees around her. She does not accept things as "How things are"
Jean Louis Finch " Scout"
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What is malevolence?
having or showing a wish to do evil to others
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Who is the good natured protagonist?
Mr. Avery
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Where does Dill live during the school year?
Meridian, Mississippi
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What is edification?
the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually
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Who is a member of the poor family, he never took anything that he couldn't pay back?
Walter Cunningham Sr.
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What is aberrations?
a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome
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Who is the third grade teacher who discriminates against her own students that condemn the kill of the Jews?
Miss Gates
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What grade in school is Scout starting?
1st
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What is analogous?
comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared
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Who is the friend of Scout and Jem, he has a limitless imagination?
Charles Baker Harris "Dill"
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What is having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently?
articulate
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Who is always ready to gossip she plays the neighborhood scold?
Stephanie Crawford
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What grade is Jem starting in school?
5th
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What is no longer fashionable; out of date?
passé
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Who is concerned with school and class, bound to tradition of the south. Counter acts her brother's liberal styles. Conservative woman.
Alexandra Finch Hancock
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What is causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial?
contentious
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Who descends from one of Maycomb County's oldest prominent families. He is a lawyer, state legislature and respects honesty.
Protagonist.Atticus Finch
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On what date did Alabama secede from the Union during the Civil War era?
1/11/1861
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What is an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct; a misgiving?
qualms
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Who has a lonely life, keeps house for her father and 7 siblings. Is "white trash."
Mayella Ewell
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