<p>After a relatively long trial, Tom Robinson wasn’t exonerated from his accusation of raping Mayella Ewell.</p>
<p>Periphery</p>
<p>Downtown was so crowded that we decided to escape to the periphery of the town for 4th July.</p>
<p>quiescent</p>
<p>The quiescent nature of Sam didn’t really make him a good orator, but it did give him the ability to face frightening situations with admirable composure.</p>
<p>denigrate</p>
<p>Btw, rockermcr, is that from To Kill a Mockingbird.</p>
<p>The competitive politician denigrates his opponents by spreading false, viscious rumors about them. </p>
<p>opprobrium</p>
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<p>Yeah it is… I re-read it recently, and it’s the first thing that came to mind when I was making up my sentence.</p>
<p>The man’s ruthless slaughter of of 3 kingergarteners was an opprobrium for the town. </p>
<p>Flamboyant</p>
<p>In temperament they were a complete contrast: the older man was quiet, courteous, and slightly aloof , the younger man was talkative, flamboyant, and quite gregarious. </p>
<p>prowess</p>
<p>His rhetorical prowess was astonishing; he could discuss any topic and make it seem extraordinarily appealing.</p>
<p>boon</p>
<p>When Sarah May woke up from her ten year coma, the Mays were ecstatic and filled with joy for the <em>boon</em> that had been granted to them.</p>
<p>lugubrious</p>
<p>The dark lighting of the stage gave the melodramatic play a lugibrious mood.</p>
<p>Sagacious</p>
<p>He had that sagacious look on his face, you know, the one that makes you wonder if he was cast as Gandalf in LOTR…</p>
<p>vestibular</p>
<p>After being under so much stress at work, the business woman decided to find a vestibular state, while relaxing in her tub.</p>
<p>evince</p>
<p>After being separated for several years, Mary could not but evince her nostalgic feeling for her husband.</p>
<p>ascetic</p>
<p>The monk in training absorbed a sort of ascetic lifestyle.</p>
<p>panacea</p>
<p>The aloe I received from my philanthropic grandfather was a panacea to my bug-bite. </p>
<p>feign</p>
<p>It was late and I was tired, so when my roomate was opening the door, I feigned sleep in case he wanted me to go to a party.</p>
<p>beleaguered</p>
<p>Many of the children were beleaguered by the school bully.</p>
<p>**Shanghai<a href=“as%20in%20the%20verb” title=“to shanghai”>/B</a></p>
<p>I was shanghaied by my parents to take a bunch of APs, who were on the brink of kicking me out of the house and leaving me on the streets to starve. (This is not a true story by the way)</p>
<p>ornery</p>
<p>I hate ornery clothes. If it’s not made of kashmir, it’s not good enough… (lie, but eh)</p>
<p>elegiac</p>
<p>The second movement of the symphony had about it an elegiac nature. </p>
<p>dilettante</p>
<p>My friend, who is a dillettante, visited the French art museum three times!</p>
<p>Brandish</p>