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Ch. 17-21

To Kill a Mockingbird

QuestionAnswer
acrimonious bitter and sharp in language or tone
benignly showing gentleness and mildness; kindly
complacently in a self satisfied and unconcerned manner
articulate expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language
volition a conscious choice or decision
collective made by a number of people acting as a group
predicament a situation that is difficult to get out of; a dilemma
perpetrate to be responsible for; to commit
corroborative supporting (evidence)
temerity foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness
Model-T Ford (also known as a “tin Lizzie” or a “flivver”) was Henry Ford’s first popular success. Originally produced in 1909, it was an affordable and relatively reliable automobile.
Chiffarobe a dresser or portable closet with drawers on the side.
Cotton gin a machine used to separate seed and other debris from cotton.
Mr. Jingle a character in Charles Dickens’s novel The Pickwick Papers. Mr. Jingle usually expresses himself in sentence fragments.
Ex cathedra remarks are statements made with the authority derived from one’s office or position.
“distaff side of the Executive branch” a reference to Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (the Executive branch is the President, and distaff, in this case, means “wife”). Eleanor Roosevelt was often criticized, especially in the South, for her views on civil rights.
Albert Einstein (1979–1955) was a German-born American theoretical physicist whose special and general theories of relativity revolutionized modern thought on the nature of space and time and formed a theoretical base for the exploitation of atomic energy.
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), one of the richest men in America at the time of the novel, was an oil magnate who amassed great wealth through the Standard Oil Company. He spent about half of his fortune on philanthropic works.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was the third president of the United States (1801–1809) and an author of The Declaration of Independence.
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