Vocabulary In Mockingbird
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Assuage
verb [T]
to make unpleasant feelings less strong:
The government has tried to assuage the publics fears.
Taciturn
saying little, especially habitually:
Hes a reserved, taciturn person.
Vapid
adjective Formal
lacking intelligence or imagination:
a vapid television programme
Predilection {n} slightly formal
a strong liking:
Ever since she was a child, she has had a predilection for spicy food.
Nebulous
adjective
(especially of ideas) unclear and lacking form:
She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might like to do in the future, but nothing definite.
Entailment
an entailment is a kind of restriction on what an owner can do with his property.
the act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent. In this case, Walter Cunningham is most likely in a dispute over who is rightful heir to a piece of property.
Condescension {n}
to treat someone as if you are better or more important than them:
Auspicious
adjective FORMAL
suggesting a positive and successful future:
They won their first match of the season 5-1 which was an auspicious start/beginning.
Our first meeting was not auspicious – we had a huge argument.
Scuppernong
It is a sweet American wine, slightly golden, made from a variety of muscadine grape.
It is of 19th Century origin named after the Scuppernong River in North Carolina where the grape grows.
Pestilence {n}
Sars was a pestilenceÐ
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