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| collards (n.): | a type of cabbage with very coarse leaves. It would be difficult to walk quietly through a patch of collards. |
| dismemberment (n.): | To _______ someone is to tear or cut that person's limbs (arms and legs) off. Although it is unlikely that anyone would have actually pulled off Dill's arms and legs, Lee uses the word to point out how outraged Miss Rachel must have been to discover that the children had been playing strip poker. |
| eerily (adv.): | weirdly; mysteriously |
| ensuing (adj.): | Something that ensues is something that comes immediately after something else. |
| Franklin stove (n.): | a cast iron heating stove, invented by Benjamin Franklin. |
| kudzu (n.): | a quick-growing vine with large leaves, often found in the Southern United States. |
| lattice-work (adj.): | A ______ is an openwork structure of crossed strips or bars, as in a screen. |
| malignant (adj.): | dangerous; evil |
| prowess (n.): | superior ability or skill |
| ramshackle (adj.): | loose or rickety; about to fall apart |
| respiration (n.): | breathing |
| rigid (adj.): | stiff |
| waning (adj.): | becoming less bright, intense, or strong. The moonlight is waning because it's getting closer to morning, and the moon is changing its position in the sky. |
