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Mockingbird Vocab*
To Kill a Mockingbird vocab words
Question | Answer |
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apothecary | 1 : one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes 2 : pharmacy |
dictum | 1: a noteworthy statement: as a: a formal pronouncement of a principle, proposition, or opinion b: an observation intended or regarded as authoritative |
strictures | 1: something that closely restrains or limits : restriction <moral strictures 2: an adverse criticism |
chattels | 1 : an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real 1: estate and things (as buildings) connected with real property 2 : slave , bondman |
predilection | an established preference for something |
concession | 1 a: the act or an instance of conceding b: the admitting of a point claimed in argument |
foray | to ravage in search of spoils : pillage: to make a raid or brief invasion |
vexations | 1 : the act of harassing or vexing : troubling 2 : the quality or state of being vexed : irritation 3 : a cause of trouble : affliction |
entailment | 1: to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof |
contention | 1 : an act or instance of contending 2 : a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument 3 : rivalry , competition |