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To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz
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Literature
8th Grade
10/27/2011
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Akimbo
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elbows bent and hands on hips
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Ellucidate
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explain clearly
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Corroborating
 Definition
to give additional support
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Acrimonious
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bitter or hostile
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Pilgrimage
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a long journey or search, often for religious purposes
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Exodus
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when a large number of people leave
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Volition
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consciously choosing or acting according to one's will
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Ex cathedra
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speaking with power given by one's position
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Iota
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a tiny bit
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Temerity
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recklessness or folly
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Demurred
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objected
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Feral
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wild and undomesticated
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Stolidly
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with little emotion
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Duress
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coercion or force
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Largo
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a slow tempo or beat
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Sibilant
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a hissing sound
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Spurious
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lacking authority or legitimacy
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Purloined
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stolen
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Irascible
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easily angered
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Pinioned
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to hold someone's arems down to restrain them
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Untrammeled
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not restricted
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Utmost
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the highest degree, amount, or extreme
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Shrewder
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being more sharply aware and more intelligent than someone else
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