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To Kill a Mock. Bird
To Kill a Mocking Bird Vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a quick raid or sudden attack | foray |
| an authoritative statement | pronouncement |
| the act or state of being disapproved, condemnation | disapprobation |
| tending to be troublesome, quarrelsome, or irritable | fractious |
| to make petty distinctions or irrelevant observations | quibble |
| to move unsurely in a see-saw motion | teeter |
| showing a likeness which permits one to draw an analogy, similar | analogous |
| of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse, denunciatory | invective |
| contrary, disagreeable, quarrelsome | cantankerous |
| prohibition, an order forbidding something to be done | interdict |
| reduction of violence, moderation on intensity | palliation |
| a preliminary survey to gain information (especially military) | reconnaissance |