1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Vocabulary for Chapters 1-3
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2. assuage [uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh]  to make easier or milder; relieve; to quiet; to calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

3. contentious [kuh n-ten-shuh s]  argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

4. dictum [dik-tuh m]  formal authoritative pronouncement of a principle, proposition, or opinion

5. disapprobation [dis-ap-ruh-bey-shuh n]  dislike; reservation; denunciation

6. fractious [frak-shuh s]  tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable

7. iniquity [ih-nik-wi-tee]  wicked, unjust, or unrighteous act or situation

8. malevolent [muh-lev-uh-luh nt]  having or showing vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred

9. monosyllabic [mon-uh-si-lab-ik] having only one syllable

10. nebulous [neb-yuh-luh s]  cloudlike; resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct

11. predilection [pred-l-ek-shuh n, preed-]  a preference or inclination for something

12. sojourn [soh-jurn, soh-jurn] a temporary stay; to stay for a time

13. taciturn [tas-i-turn]  not talking much, reserved; silent, holding back in conversation

14. unsullied [uhn-suhl-eed] unblemished, untarnished, pure and immaculate

15. vapid [vap-id]  dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force