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Kill a Mocking Bird
VOCABULARY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Morbid | gruesome |
| haughty | showing arrogant superiority |
| passe | old fashioned |
| melancholy | gloomy |
| contentious | always ready to argue/fight |
| devoid | empty; completely lacking |
| formiable | arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
| pensive | melancholy thoughtfulness |
| assuaged | to lessen or calm |
| piety | devotion to religious duties |
| impotent | powerless |
| taciturn | usually silent |
| unsullied | unused or untouched |
| malevolent | evil |
| predilection | preference |
| domiciled | house |
| nebulous | vague |
| foray | to do something unusual or not routine |
| condesended | to agree to do something below your dignity |
| indigenous | native |
| cunning | attractive |
| wallowing | to indulge in something joyful |
| mortification | feeling of shame or the loss of self respect |
| sojourn | a brief visit |
| onslaught | violent attack |
| dispensation | to release from an obligation of promise |
| irk | annoy |
| erratic | irregular |
| iniguities | gross immortality; wickedness |
| contentious | always ready to argue |
| auspicious | favorable |
| abomindable | loathsome; terrible |
| arbitrated | judge or decide |
| melancholy | sad or gloomy |
| aloof | distant physically or emotionally; uninterested |
| foolhardy | unwisely bold |
| tacit | an argreement that is silently agreed upon |
| morbid | gruesome |
| placidly | calmly and quietly |
| prowess | talented |
| ramshackle | loose and rickety |
| malignant | evil; cancerous |
| waning | become less bright |
| unfathomable | cannot be understood |
| procure | obtain or acquire |
| perpetrated | committed |
| libel | harmful to somebody's reputation |
| direst (dire) | urgent; desperate |
| cordial | warm and friendly |
| vain | conceited |
| deportment | behavior |
| tarried | delayed |
| obtreperous | noisy |
| inconspicuous | to attract attention |
| jubilantly | joyful |
| umbrage | offense |
| palliation | lessen the pain, fear, or anxiety without actually making it go away |
| inaudible | impossible to hear |
| tirade | long angry speech |
| undulate | move in a wavy motion |
| devoid | empty; completely lacking |
| contentious | always ready to argue |
| haughty | shoing arrogant superiority |
| qualms | disturbed, uneasy feelings |
| formidable | arouding fear, dread, or alarm |
| prerogaritive | special priviledge |
| elusive | tending to avaoid being captured |
| obscure | not cleary understood or expressed |
| pensive | melancholy thoughtfulness |
| infallible | never wrong |
| fortitide | enduring pain with courage |
| stifle | hold back; suppress |
| venerable | impressive on account of age or historic association |
| facade | side of a building that faces the road; what it seems to be |
| ecclesiastical | church-like |
| succint | brief and clear |
| aquiescence | to agree to something without protest |
| uncouth | unmannerly |
| impassive | showing no emotion |
| elucidate | explain |
| affluent | well-off financially |
| amiable | friendly and agreeable |
| litigants | party engaged in a lawsuit |
| corroborating | to strenthen or support with evidence; to make certain |
| congenital | a condition that is in existence since birth |
| tenet | a belief generally held to be true |
| mollified | soothed; calmed |
| perpetual | everlasting |
| riled | angry |
| tedious | boring; tiresome |
| expunge | remove completely |
| candid | open and honest |
| imputent | disrespectful; bold; sassy |
| unmitigated | out-and-out absolute |
| temerity | foolish boldness |
| acquit | clear of charges; not guilty |
| tacit | inferred from actions or statements |
| bleakly | without hope |
| feral | wild; savage |
| ruefully | regretfully |
| Who is defending Tom Robinson in the case? | atticus |
| Who is Atticus defending | Tom Robinson |
| Who is Mr. Gilmer | The lawyer for Mayella Ewell |
| Who is Mayella Ewell | The girl who blames Tom Robinson for her rape |
| Who is Ms. Dubose? | The old lady who Jem reads too. She is a morphine addict |
| Who is a morphina addict? | Ms. Dubose |
| Who is accusing Tom Robinson of raping her? | Mayella Ewell |
| Who is Mayella's father? | Ms. Ewell |
| Who is the judge? | Judge Taylor |
| Who is Mr. Taylor? | the judge |
| who doesn't have any lunch money? | Walter Cunningham |
| Who does Scout talk to that gets Atticus out of trouble with the guys? | Mr. Cunningham |
| Who does Jem, Scout, and Dill sit with at the trial? | Reverened Sykes |
| Who spots the kids at the trial? | Mr. Underwood |
| Who runs the tribute? | Mr. Underwood |
| Who is Heck Tate? | The officer |
| Who is the sheriff? | Heck Tate |
| Who comes to stay with the family? | Ms. Alexandra |
| Why does Dill run away? | he thinks his mom and her boyfriends are better off and happier without him. |
| Where do they all live? | Maycomb County, Alabama |
Created by:
lillib
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