TKAM Vocab Ch. 2 Flashcards
Condescend
(Verb)
(kŏn′dĭ-sĕnd′)
“ 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.”
- 1a. to behave as if one is descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
2: to stoop or deign to do something
3: to put aside one’s dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior
Foray
(Noun and Verb)
(ˈforei)
“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 if his foray was successful.”
- 1a. a short raid or incursion
2. a first attempt or new undertaking
3. to raid or ravage (a town, district, etc)
Transaction
(Noun)
(trăn-săk′shən, -zăk′-)
“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.”
- 1a. (Commerce) something that is transacted, esp a business deal or negotiation
2. the act of transacting or the state of being transacted
3. (Journalism & Publishing) (plural) the published records of the proceedings of a society, conference, etc
Apprehensive
(Adjective)
(ăp′rĭ-hĕn′sĭv)
“The class
murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the
peculiarities indigenous to that region.”
- 1a. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy.
2. Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend.
Indigenous
(Adjective)
(ĭn-dĭj′ə-nəs)
“The class
murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the
peculiarities indigenous to that region.”
- 1a. Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment.
2. Intrinsic; innate.
Secede
(Intransitive Verb)
(sĭ-sēd′)
“When Alabama seceded from the Union
on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama, and every child in
Maycomb County knew it.”
- 1a. withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
Catawba
(Noun)
(kəˈtôbə,-ˈtäbə)
” 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.”
- 1a. a North American variety of grape.
2. A Native American people formerly inhabiting territory along the Catawba River in North and South Carolina and now located in western South Carolina.
Cunning
(Adjective)
(ˈkəniNG)
” The cats had long
conversations with one another, they wore cunning little clothes and lived in a
warm house beneath a kitchen stove.”
- 1a. having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.
2. attractive; quaint.
Literate
(Adjective)
/ˈlidərət/
”. . .after making me read most of My First
Reader and the stock-market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she
discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste.”
- 1a. (of a person) able to read and write.
Sentimentality
(Noun)
/ˌsen(t)əmənˈtalədē/
“In Calpurnia’s teaching, there was no sentimentality: I
seldom pleased her and she seldom rewarded me.”
- 1a. excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
Union Suit
Noun
” Now 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.”
- 1. a single undergarment combining shirt and pants.
Entailment
Verb
“Miss
Scout, if you give me your attention I’ll tell you what entailment is.”
- 1. deduction or implication, that is, something that follows logically from or is implied by something else.
Scrip Stamps
Noun
“The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back—no church baskets and no scrip stamps.”
- paper money of small denominations (less than $1.00) issued for temporary emergency use.
Vexation
(Noun)
/vekˈsāSH(ə)n/
“Entailment was only a part of Mr.
Cunningham’s vexations.”
- 1. the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
2. something that causes annoyance, frustration, or worry.
Hilt
(Noun)
/hilt/
“The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and
the little cash he made went to interest.”
- 1. the handle of a weapon or tool, especially a sword, dagger, or knife.
