Nievez CamilleTo Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 1

Question 1

Assuaged

Answer 1

make less intense

Question 2

Apothecary

Answer 2

a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs

Question 3

Taciturn

Answer 3

reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

Question 4

Chattel

Answer 4

a personal possession

Question 5

Unsullied

Answer 5

not spoiled or made impure

Question 6

Dictum

Answer 6

a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source

Question 7

Strictures

Answer 7

a restriction on a person or activity

Question 8

Dispatched

Answer 8

send off to a destination or for a purpose

Question 9

Ambled

Answer 9

walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

Question 10

Detention

Answer 10

the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner

Question 11

Detachment

Answer 11

the state of being objective or aloof

Question 12

Repertoire

Answer 12

a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform

Question 13

Malevolent

Answer 13

having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Question 14

Vapid

Answer 14

offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

Question 15

Morbid

Answer 15

characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease

Question 16

Nocturnal

Answer 16

done, occurring, or active at night

Question 17

Stealthy

Answer 17

behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard

Question 18

Mutilated

Answer 18

inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on

Question 19

Predilection

Answer 19

a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something

Question 20

Domiciled

Answer 20

the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with

Question 21

Flivver

Answer 21

a cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition

Question 22

Intimidation

Answer 22

the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated

Question 23

Nebulous

Answer 23

in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy

Question 24

Transition

Answer 24

the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another

Question 25

Concession

Answer 25

a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded