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Vocabulary from To Kill a Mockingbird
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alleged (adj) | asserted without proof |
| Taciturn (adj) | Disinclined to talk; silent |
| Vapid (adj) | Not lively; without spirit |
| Repertoire (n) | A list of dramas, operas, pieces or parts that a person or or company is prepared to perform |
| Malevolent (adj) | Having, showing or arising from intense, often vicious, ill will, spite or hatred |
| Culprit (n) | One accused of or arraigned for a rime; one guilty of a crime or of misconduct |
| Predilection (n) | A predisposition in favor of something; preference |
| Flivver (n) | A small cheap automobile |
| Foray (n) | A quick raid or sudden attack |
| Condescended (past tense) | Assumed an air of superiority; exhibited a patronizing attitude |
| Illicitly (adv) | Unlawfully; without permission |
| Indigenous (adj) | Native to a particular region or species; inborn; innate |
| Entailment (n) | The restriction of property by limiting the inheritance to the owner's linear descendants or to a particular class thereof. |
| Smilax (n) | A delicate twining greenhouse plant |
| Vexation (n) | Irritation; annoyance |
| Cootie (n) | Slang for a head or body |
| Contemptuous (adj) | Scornful; despising; disdainful |
| Contentious (adj) | Belligerent; argumentative |
| Fractious (adj) | Tending to be troublesome, quarrelsome or irritable |
| Disapprobation (n) | The act or state of being disapproved; condemnation |
| Auspicious (adj) | Propitious; favorable |
| Scuppernongs (n) | Yellowish green plum-flavored grapes |
| Arbitrated (past participle) | Decided; determined |
| Mortifying (adj) or (past participle) | Shameful; embarrassing |
| Gothic (adj) | Medieval; uncouth; barbarous |
| Tacit (adj) | Silently understood; unspoken |
| Asinine (adj) | Lacking sound judgement; stupid; silly |
| Ramshackle (adj) | Appearing ready to collapse; rickety |
| Desolate (adj) | Devoid of inhabitants or visitors; barren; empty |
| Ascertaining (v) | Making certain; discovering determining |
| Unfathomable (adj) | Unable to be measured or understood |
| Aberrations (pl. n) | Deviations; strayings from the right or normal way |
| Perpetrated (past participle) | Committed; carried out; brought about |
| Morphite (adj) | Probably meant to be hermaphrodite, something that is a combination of diverse elements |
| Adjacent (adj) | Not distant; nearby |
| Perplexity (n) | The state of being confused or bewildered |
| Inordinately (adv) | Unregulatedly; disorderly; excessively |
| Ingenuous (adj) | Noble; honorable; sraightforward; Innocent and unsuspecting |
| Analogous (adj) | Showing a likeness which permits one to draw an analogy; similar |
| Wary (adj) | marked by keen caution cunning and watchful |
| Guilelessness (n) | Innocence; naivete |
| Trousseau (n) | The personal outfit of a bride usually including clothes |
| Ambrosia (n) | A dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut |
| (on) Tenterhook (n) | being in a state of uneasiness, strain or suspense |
| Obstreperous (adj) | Uncontrollably noisy: Clamorous; unruly |
| Invective (n) | of, relating to, or characterized my insult or abuse; denunciatory |
| Vehemently (adv) | Passionately; powerfully; fervidly |
| Articulate (adj) | able to speak; expressing oneself clearly or effectively |
| Passe | Behind the times, outmoded |
| Melancholy (adj) | A depression of spirits; dejection; a pensive mood; sadness + lonely |
| Premise (n) | a proposition supporting a conclusion |
| Umbrage (n) | Resentful; Displeasure; Personal offense |
| Rectitude (adj) | Straightness; righteousness |
| Guff (n) | Slang for back talk; A disrespectful response; gossip |
| Interdict (n) | Prohibition; an order forbidding something to be done |
| Palliation (n) | Reduction of violence; moderation of the intensity of |
| Reconnaissance (n) | A preliminary survey to gain information |
| Undulate (v) | To form or move in waves; fluctuate |
| Propensities (n) | Natural inclinations; leanings |
| Cantankerous (adj) | Ill-natured; quarrelsome |
| Altercation (n) | A noisy or angry dispute; a quarrel |
| Habiliments (n) | Style of dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion; clothes |
| Rotogravure (n) | A photographic process in which the impression is produced by a rotary press; a print made by this process |
| Ecclesiastical (adj) | Of or relating to a church, especially as a formal and established institution |
| Austere (adj) | Stern and forbidding in appearance and manner; somber; grave |
| Prerogative (n) | An exclusive or special right, power, or privelige |
| Obliquely (adv) | Indirectly; deviously; underhandedly |
| Infallible (adj) | Incapable of error; sure; certain |
| Acquiescence (n) | Acceptance; assent |
| Propensities (n) | Natural inclinations; leanings |
| Sullen (adj) | Gloomy; resentfully silent or repressed; Dismal |
| Futility (n) | Fruitlessness; uselessness |
| Venerable (adj) | Respected or admired |
| Formidable (adj) | Causing fear, dread or apprehension, awe-inspiring |
| Connivance (n) | Knowledge of and consent to wrongdoing |
| Corroborating (v) | Supporting with evidence or authority |
| Acrimonious (adj) | Biting or rancorous especially in feeling, language or manner |
| Haughty (adj) | Disdainfully proud; arrogant |
| Mollified (v) | Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone); assuaged |
| Ex cathedra (adv) | By virtue of or in the exercise of one's office; authoritative |
| Impudent(adj) | insolent; contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others |
| Unmitigated (adj) | Not lessened; unrelieved |
| Temerity (n) | Rashness; foolishness |
| Integrity (n) | Honesty; incorruptibility |
| Cynical (adj) | Critical and distrustful of human nature and motives |
| Feral (adj) | Savage; wild |
| Credibility (adj) | Believability; plausiblity |
| Furtive (adj) | Secretive; surreptitious |
| Wryly (adj) | Ironically humorous |
| Hieroglyphic (n) | Written in, constituting or belonging to a system or writing mainly in pictorial characters, especially associated with ancient Egypt |
| Adamant (adj) | Unyielding; inflexible |
| Sordid (adj) | Base; vile; filthy |
| Impertinence (n) | Insolence; rudeness |
| Bovine (adj) | of, relating to, or resembling the ox or cow |
| Martyred (adj) | Sacrificed for the sake of principle; constantly suffering |
| Persecuted (adj) | Harassed; made to suffer because of on'e beliefs |
| Notoriety (n) | The state of being widely and unfavorably known |
| Stealthily (adv) | Secretively; slyly |
| Purloined (adj) | Appropriated wrongfully; stolen |
| Irascible (adj) | Marked by hot temper and easily provoked to anger; touchy; cranky |
| Pinioned (adj) | Disabled or restraining by binding the arms; shackled |
| Staccato (adj) | Abrupt; disjointed; disconnected, primarily as relating to sound or movement |
| Garishly (adv) | glaringly; flashily; gaudily |
| Stolidly (adv) | Unemotionally |
| Apprehensive (adj) | Fearful; filled with anxiety |
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