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Vocab Words
| Word | Definition | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Assauaged | To lesson or calm. | --If Jem's fears about being able to play football was assuaged, he no longer feared he wouldn't be able to play the sport. |
| Foray | to go somewhere or do something that is unusual or not normal for you. | --It is certainly not Jem's usual behavior to go near the Radley house; thus, doing so was a foray for him |
| Impudent | to be shamelessly bold, as if you don't care what anyone thinks about you | Since the Haverfords did something illegal in front of the witnesses, Lee rightfully describes them as impudent. |
| Predilection | a preference, or a preferred way of doing something | Thus, the Radley's preffered way of spending a Sunday afternoon was to keep the doors closed and not receive visitors |
| Repetoire was vapid | A repertoire is all the psecial skills a person has; vapid, in this case, means boring or uninteresting | So, when Scout says that their repertoire was vapid, she means that the games they had invented to pass the time became old and had lost their interest |
| Taciturn | Almost always silent | Apparently, Aunt Alexandra's husband was a very quiet man. |
| Unsullied | Something that has been basically untouched or unused | The fact that Atticus' edition of the Code of Alabama is unsullied would, in this case, indicate that he seldom consults this book |
| Condescended | To afree to do something that you believe to be beneath your dignity | Jem condescends to take Scout to school, even though, as a fifth-grader, he feels superior to his first-grade sister |
| Indigenous | Belonging to a particular region or country | |
| Subsequent Mortification | Subsequent- follow closesly after someone else Mortification- a feeling of shame or the loss of self-respect. | If Scout had been able to explain things to Miss Caroline, she could have prevented her teacher from losing self respect of feeling shameful later on |
| Wallowing illicitly | In this case, to wallaw is to indulge in something with great enjoyment. Illicit, used like this, means unauthorized or improper. | After listening to Miss Caroline, Scout feel that, by reading, she has been happily indulging in something which she should not have been doing |
| Contentious | Always ready to argue or fight | |
| Diminutive | smaller than ordinary | |
| Disapprobation | Disapproval | |
| Discernible | Understandable | |
| Fractious | Mean or cross | |
| Irked | to be annoyed | |
| Monosyllabic | "one sound" | |
| Onslaught | a violent attack | |
| Persevere | to carry on in spite of difficulties | |
| Tranquility | peacefullness | |
| Auspicious | favorable | |
| Melancholy | sad and gloomy | |
| Asinine | stupid, silly | |
| Edification | Education, instruction | |
| Placidly | calmly, quietly | |
| Tacit | An agreement/treaty | |
| Prowess | superior ability or skill | |
| Ramshackle | loose or rickety, about to fall apart | |
| Waning | becoming less bright, intense, or strong | |
| Vigil | a watch | |
| Aberrations | deviation, or moving away from, something that is normal | |
| Flue | a channel in a chimney that allows smoke and flames to pass to the outside | |
| Morphodite | Animal or plant that has both female and male reproductive organs. | |
| Near Lible | Harm someone's reputation | |
| Perpertrated | carried out, commited | |
| Procured | got | |
| Quelled | to overwhelm somthing until it is powerless | |
| Unfathomable | something that can not be understood |
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