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TKaM Vocab.
To kill a mockingbird vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Apothecary | Pharmacist |
| Piety | Religious devotion, strong belief in god(s) |
| Chattels | Slaves, or anything that can be used in place of money |
| Modest | Humble, don't draw attention to achievements and abilities |
| Impotent | Helpless or powerless, unable to take effective action |
| Taciturn | Silent by nature, say very little (negative connotation) |
| Unsullied | Spotlessly clean and fresh |
| Imprudent | Unwise, showing no care or judgement |
| Profound | Intense, showing great knowledge or insight |
| Optimism | Positive attitude, tendency to expect the best |
| Detachment | Freedom from prejudice, aloofness, disinterestedness |
| Tyrannical | Unjustly cruel, authoritarian, exercising power in cruel or arbitrary way |
| Eccentric | Weird, odd, unconventional or slightly strange |
| Repertoire | Entire stock of skills in an occupation |
| Vapid | Without liveliness or spirit, boring, lacking challenges |
| Malevolent | Harmful, evil, wishing harm or to do harm to others |
| Morbid | Unhealthy interest in gruesome subjects-- death and disease etc. |
| Predilection | A tendency to think favorably towards something or someone |
| Flivver | An old car, esp. Or in bad condition |
| Transition | Change |
| Nebulous | Hazy, unclear, vague |
| Intimidation | To fill with fear |
| Concession | Point yielded, given over |
| Foray | Sudden attack |