TKAM Chapter 2

Question 1

Condescended \kŏn′dĭ-sĕnd\; Verb

Answer 1

1. Agree to do something beneath your dignity (Ex: “Jem condescended to take me to school the first day, a job usually done by one’s parents, but Atticus had said Jem would be delighted to show me where my room was.”
   (pg. 15 )

Question 2

Foray \fôr ā′, fŏ rā′\; Noun

Answer 2

2. A sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid (Ex: “Jem threw open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran back past us, not waiting to see his foray was successful.” (pg.15)

Question 3

Transaction \trăn-săk shən, -zăk -\; Noun

Answer 3

3. An instance of buying or selling something; a business deal (Ex: “I think some money changed hands in this transaction, for as we trotted around the corner past the Radley Place I heard an unfamiliar jingle in Jem’s pockets.”
   (pg. 15)

Question 4

Aprehensively \ăp′rĭ-hĕn sĭv\; Ajective

Answer 4

4. Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen (Ex: “The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.” (pg.16)

Question 5

Indigenous \ĭn-dĭj ə-nəs\; Adjective

Answer 5

5. Belonging to a particular region or country (Ex: “The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.” (pg.16

Question 6

Seceded \sĭ-sēd\; Verb

Answer 6

6. To break away (Ex: “When Alabama seceded form the Union on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama, and every child in Maycomb county knew it.” (pg.16)

Question 7

Catawba \kə-tô bə\; Noun

Answer 7

7. The Siouan language spoken by the Catawba
(Ex: "By the time Mrs. Cat called the drugstore for an order of chocolate malted mice the class was wriggling like a bucketful of Catawba worms." (pg.16)

Question 8

Cunning \kŭn ĭng\; Adjective

Answer 8

8. Creativity; skillful (Ex: “The cats had long conversations with one another, they wore cunning little clothes and lived in a warm house beneath a kitchen stove.” (pg.16)

Question 9

Literate \lĭt ər-ĭt\; Adejective

Answer 9

9. able to read and write (Ex: “I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock-market quotations form The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste.” (pg.17)

Question 10

Illicity \ĭ-lĭs ĭt\; Adjective

Answer 10

10. Not sanctioned by custom or law; improper or unlawful (Ex: “I never deliberately learned to read, but somehow I had been wallowing Illicity in the daily papers.” (pg.17)

Question 11

Sentimentality \sĕn′tə-mĕn-tăl ĭ-tē\; Noun

Answer 11

11. Falsely emotional in a maudlin way (Ex: “ (pg.17)

Question 12

Union Suit \none\; Noun

Answer 12

12. A one-piece undergarment combining shirt and long pants (Ex: “Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.” (pg.17)

Question 13

Entailment \ĕn-tāl , ĭn-\; Verb\Noun

Answer 13

13. something that is inferred (Ex: “After a dreary conversation in our living room one night about his entailment, before Mr. Cunningham left he said,” Mr. Finch, I don’t know when I’ll ever be able to pay you.” (pg.20)

Question 14

Vexations \vĕk-sā shən\; Noun

Answer 14

14. Something that causes a problem (Ex: “Entailment was only a part of Mr. Cunningham’s vexations.” (pg.21)

Question 15

Hilt \hilt\; Noun

Answer 15

15. The handle of a weapon or tool (Ex: “The acres onto entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made went to interest.” (pg.21)

Question 16

Subsequent \sŭb sĭ-kwĕnt′, -kwənt\; Adjective

Answer 16

16. Following closely after something else (Ex: “If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline subsequent mortification, but it was beyond my ability to explain things as well as Atticus, so I said, “You’re shamin’ him, Miss Caroline. Walter hasn’t got a quarter at home to bring you, and you can’t use any stove wood.” (pg.21)

Question 17

Mortification \môr′tə-fĭ-kā shən\; Noun

Answer 17

17. Shame; loss of self-respect (Ex: ““If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline subsequent mortification, but it was beyond my ability to explain things as well as Atticus, so I said, “You’re shamin’ him, Miss Caroline. Walter hasn’t got a quarter at home to bring you, and you can’t use any stove wood.” (pg.21)

Question 18

Smilax \smī lăks′\; Noun

Answer 18

18. A climbing asparagus, the decorative foliage of which is used by florist (Ex: “With Christmas came a crate of smilax and holly.” (pg.21)

Question 19

Uninitiated \ŭn′ĭ-nĭsh ē-ā′tĭd\; Adjective/Noun

Answer 19

19. Without special knowledge or experience (Ex: “MIss Blount, a native Maycombian as yet uninitiated in the mysteries of the Decimal System, appeared at the door hands on hips and announced: “If I hear another sound from this room I’ll burn up everybody in it. Miss Caroline, the sixth grade cannot concentrate on the pyramids for all this racket!” (pg.22)

Question 20

Sojourn \sō jûrn′, sō-jûrn\; Verb/Noun

Answer 20

20. A temporary stay: a brief stay (Ex: “My sojourn in the corner was a short one.” (pg.22)