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| boil-prone | A boil is an inflamed, pus-filled swelling on the skin, like a pimple only usually bigger. To be prone to something is to be inclined to it. If the children had been boil-prone, they would have been inclined to have a lot of boils. Find out more about boils and see a picture of one. |
| climbers | social climbers; people trying to move into a different social class |
| crap games | a gambling game played with two dice |
| divinity | a white fudge made from whipped egg whites, sugar, and nuts. Read a recipe for divinity. |
| forest primeval | in this instance, a forest that had been primarily untouched or unchanged by man |
| furtive | secret |
| gait | pace, walk |
| hock | the joint bending backward in the hind leg of an animal like a pig. Scout is dressed as a ham, and a ham is the upper part of a hog's hind leg, Scout's hock would be the part of her costume that resembles the joint of a pig's leg. Take a look at a bunch of hams hanging by their hocks. |
| irascible | angry |
| mocker | mockingbird |
| pinioned | confined; held down |
| repertoire | accomplishments; skills. The repertoire of the mockingbird is all the songs it can sing and sounds it can make. |
| rout | defeat |
| smockin' | Smocking, decorative stitching used to gather cloth. See a picture of a dress with smocking. |
| staccato | distinct; sharp and crisp |
| reprimand | scold |
| blandly | smoothly; without excitement |
| connived | secretly cooperated or agreed to |
| wisteria | twinning woody vines with large clusters of flowers. See a picture of wisteria. |
| railing | painful |
