Vocabulary - Mockingbird

Front 1

assuaged

Back 1

To make milder or less sever; relieve; ease

Front 2

entity

Back 2

A thing; something that has existence

Front 3

malevolent

Back 3

evil, harmful

Front 4

predilection

Back 4

preference; partial to

Front 5

domiciled

Back 5

a place of residence, home, abode

Front 6

nebulous

Back 6

unclear, vague, hazy

Front 7

iniquities

Back 7

immoral or grossly unfair behavior

Front 8

fraught

Back 8

destined to result in something undesireable

Front 9

disapprobation

Back 9

strong disapproval

Front 10

edification

Back 10

instruction or improvement of a person morally

Front 11

aberrations

Back 11

a departure from what is normal

Front 12

rudiments

Back 12

first principles of a subject

Front 13

passe

Back 13

out of date

Front 14

philippic

Back 14

a bitter attack or denunciation

Front 15

umbrage

Back 15

offense or annoyance

Front 16

rectitude

Back 16

morally correct behavior or thinking

Front 17

interdict

Back 17

an authoritative prohibition

Front 18

palliation

Back 18

make less severe or unpleasant w/o removing the cause

Front 19

reconnaissance

Back 19

preliminary surveying or research

Front 20

devoid

Back 20

entirely lacking or free from

Front 21

habiliments

Back 21

clothing, attire

Front 22

prerogative

Back 22

A right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

Front 23

obliquely

Back 23

not specific or direct in addressing a point

Front 24

myopic

Back 24

lack of imagination

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venerable

Back 25

accorded a great deal of respect because of age or wisdom

Front 26

succinct

Back 26

briefly and clearly expressed

Front 27

acquiescence

Back 27

acceptance of something reluctantly, but w/o protest

Front 28

aggregation

Back 28

group

Front 29

subpoena

Back 29

a writ ordering a person to attend court

Front 30

elucidate

Back 30

make clear, explain

Front 31

litigants

Back 31

person involved in a lawsuit

Front 32

scrutiny

Back 32

critical observation or examination

Front 33

corroborating

Back 33

confirm or give support to

Front 34

indigenous

Back 34

origination or occurring naturally in a specific place

Front 35

acrimonious

Back 35

angry and bitter

Front 36

benignly

Back 36

gently, kindly

Front 37

ambidextrous

Back 37

able to use left and right hands equally well

Front 38

volition

Back 38

power of using one's will

Front 39

perpetrated

Back 39

carry out or commit (illegal, immoral action)

Front 40

tacit

Back 40

understood or implied w/o being said

Front 41

furtive

Back 41

attempting to avoid notice because of guilt

Front 42

adamant

Back 42

refusing to be persuaded

Front 43

squalid

Back 43

shabby

Front 44

impertinence

Back 44

rudeness

Front 45

bovine

Back 45

slow moving, dull-witted

Front 46

veneer

Back 46

a thin covering over another surface

Front 47

queasy

Back 47

nausiated

Front 48

remorse

Back 48

regret, guilt

Front 49

annals

Back 49

a record of events year by year

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notoriety

Back 50

famous, well-known

Front 51

savored

Back 51

taste and enjoy completely

Front 52

squandered

Back 52

waste

Front 53

alleged

Back 53

said w/o proof, to have a specified illegal quality

Front 54

persevered

Back 54

persistence

Front 55

mortification

Back 55

embarassment

Front 56

pinioned

Back 56

tie or hold the arms or legs of someone

Front 57

staccato

Back 57

short

Front 58

perforated

Back 58

pierced and made holes in

Front 59

eluded

Back 59

escaped

Front 60

hovered

Back 60

remain in one place in the air