To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary

Chapter 1ambled - went at a slow, easy pace; strolled; saunteredassuaged - made less intense; satisfiedbeadle - messenger from an authority; warrant officerdictum - authoritative, often formal statement of opinion; ruleflivver - automobile, esp. one that is small, inexpensive, and oldforay - quick, sudden attackimpudent - not showing due respect for another person; rude behaviormalevolent - wishing evil to otherspredilection - tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preferencerepertoire - the body of pieces known or regularly performed by a performer or companyunsullied - not soiled, stained, or tarnished

Chapter 2condescended - doing something despite regarding it as below one's dignitycovey - group, set, or companyentailment - restrictions placed on an estate inheritanceillicitly - without permission; breaking laws, rules, or customsindigenous - originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; nativemortification - feeling embarrassed or humiliatedpronouncements - authoritative statementseceded - withdrew formally from an alliance, federation, or associationsojourn - temporary staywallowing - indulging without restraint

Chapter 3amiable - friendly and pleasant in mannercontemptuous - feeling or showing that a person or thing is low or worthlesscontentious - causing or likely to cause an argument, disagreement, or controversydiction - choice and use of words in speech or writing; style of enunciation in speaking or singingdiminutive - small; little; tinydisapprobation - strong disapprovaldispensation - exemption from a rule or usual requirement; doing away withexpounding - explainingfractious - easily irritated; difficult to controlfraught - filled with; causing or affected by anxiety or stressiniquities - injustice or immoral behaviormonosyllabic - very brief; terse or blunt, usually characterized by one-syllable wordsonslaught - fierce or destructive attack

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Chapter 4abominable - hateful; detestable; loathsomearbitrated - decided between opposing or contending parties or sidesauspicious - promising success; favorablepalette - range of colorsparched - made extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind dophenomena - an unusual or unaccountable fact or occurrencequelling - suppressing; putting an end toscuppernongs - a cultivated variety of grapes with sweet yellowish fruit

Chapter 5asinine - foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupidbenevolence - desire to do good to othersbenign - harmlesscordiality - warmth, friendliness, geniality, heartinessedification - intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenmentincomprehensible - not able to be understoodmagisterial - very authoritativeplacidly - in a calm or peaceful mannertacit - understood or implied without being stated

Chapter 6dismemberment - the act of dividing into parts; cutting to pieces; mutilatingensuing - happening or occurring afterwards or as a resultkudzu - fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vinemalignant - very dangerous or harmful in influence or effectprowess - exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strengthramshackle - in a state of severe disrepairwaning - decreasing in strength, intensity; drawing to a close

Chapter 7ascertaining - finding out for certaincleaved - adhered to or followed closely; stuck; clungpalate - roof of the mouthperpetual - never ending or changingrendered - caused to be or become; madevigil - a period of staying awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watchor pray

Chapter 8aberrations - actions departing from the right, normal, or usual courseaccosted - approached and addressed boldly or aggressivelycaricatures - pictures or descriptions exaggerating the characteristics of persons or thingslibel - written or printed statement that unjustly damages a person's reputationmorphodite - person or thing in which two opposite qualities are combinedperpetrated - committedprocured - obtainedunfathomable - incapable of being fully explored or understood

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Chapter 9analogous - comparable in certain respectsdeportment - demeanor; conduct; behaviordoused - drenched with liquid; extinguishedindicative - serving as a sign or indicationinnate - inborn; naturalinvective - strongly abusive or critical languagelineaments - distinctive outline or featurenocturnal - pertaining to the nightObstreperous - noisy and difficult to controlprovocation - act of provoking; incitement

Chapter 10articulate - to utter clearly and distinctly; pronounce with clarityattributes - qualities; characteristicscontemporaries - people of roughly the same ageinconspicuous - not clearly visible or attracting attentionmausoleum - building housing a tomb or tombsrudiments - the elements or first principles of a subject

Chapter 11apoplectic - extremely angry; furiousdegradation - humiliation; disgrace; dishonordevoid - entirely lacking; emptyinterdict - any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officerphilippic - a bitter verbal attack or denunciationpropensities - inclinations or tendenciesreconnaissance - an inspection or exploration of an arearectitude - morally correct behavior

Chapter 12altercation - a noisy argument or disagreementaustere - grave; sober; solemn; seriousclad - dressed or covereddenunciation - the act or instance of denouncing; public censure or condemnationdoctrine - set of beliefs or principles held and taught by a church, political party, or other groupecclesiastical - relating to the Christian Church or its clergyrotogravure - process by which pictures are printed

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