To Kill a Mocking Bird Vocab Flashcards
Piety
Reverence for god or devout fulfillment of religious obligations
Malevolent
Wishing evil or harm to another or to others; Showing ill will; ill disposed; malicious
Impudent
Of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence (rudeness) or effrontery (rudeness)
Foray (n)
- A quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder (stealing)
- A quick, sudden attack
- An initial venture (journey)
Dictum
- An authoritative pronouncement (declaration) ; Judicial assertion
- A saying; maximum
Assuaged
- To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease mitigate
- To appease; satisfy; ally; relieve
- To soothe or calm
Predilection
A tendency to think favorable of something in particular; partially; preference
Impotent
- not potent; Lacking power or ability
- Utterly unable (to do something)
- Without force or effectiveness
Stricture
A remark or comment, especially an adverse (preventing success or harmful) criticism
Aberration
The arts of departing from the right; normal or usual course.
Condescended
- to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
- to put aside one’s dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior
Apoplectic
- Of or relating to apoplexy (stroke)
2. Extremely
Sojourn/ Sojourner
- A temporary stay
2. Sojourner- a person who resides temporarily in a place
Amiable
- having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable:
- friendly; sociable:
an amiable greeting; an amiable gathering. - agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others.
- Obsolete. lovable or lovely.
Diminutive
Small; little; tiny
Auspicious
- promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable:
2. favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.
Melancholy
A gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
Asinine
Foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid
Tacit
- understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- silent; saying nothing:
- unvoiced or unspoken:
Benign
- Pathology. Not miligant (harmful) ; self limiting
- having no harmful influence or effect
- gracious
- favorable
Cordiality
- cordial quality or feeling.
2. an expression of cordial feeling.
Edification
- an act of edifying.
- the state of being edified; uplift.
- moral improvement or guidance.
Morbid
- suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc
- affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease
Ensuing
Occurring after something else; subsequent or following:
Ramshackle
Loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky
Mortification
A feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one’s pride or self-respect.
Fractious
- refractory or unruly:
2. readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome:
Obstreperous
- resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- noisy, clamorous, or boisterous:
Entailment
- the act or fact of entailing, or involving by necessity or as a consequence
- something involved as a necessary part or consequence of something
Unfathomable
- not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible
- not able to be measured with a sounding line, or fathomed
Procure
- to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- to bring about, especially by unscrupulous and indirect means:
- to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution.
Quell
- to suppress; put an end to; extinguish:
- to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.):
The child’s mother quelled his fears of the thunder.
Cordial
- courteous and gracious; friendly; warm:
- invigorating the heart; stimulating.
- sincere; heartfelt:
Waning
- decreasing in strength, intensity, etc
- declining in power, importance, prosperity, etc
- drawing to a close; approaching an end
Vexations
- the act of vexing.
- the state of being vexed; irritation; annoyance:
- something that vexes; a cause of annoyance; nuisance:
Analogous
Having analogy; corresponding in some particular
Constitute
- to compose; form
- to appoint to an office or function; make or create
- to establish (laws, an institution, etc.)
- to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.)
Deportment
- demeanor; conduct; behavior.
2. the conduct or obedience of a child in school, as graded by a teacher.
Donned
- (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man’s given name.
- (in Spanish-speaking countries) a lord or gentleman.
- (in the English universities) a head, fellow, or tutor of a college.
Gallantly
- in a way that shows exceptional politeness and attentiveness to others, especially women
- in a courageous, spirited, or noble-minded way
- in a grand, showy, or magnificent way
Guilelessness
Free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
Innate
- Existing in one from birth; inborn; native
- inherent in the essential character of something
- originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience
Invective
- violent denunciation (accusation) , censure, or reproach.
- a railing accusation; vituperation.
- an insulting or abusive word or expression.
Rudiment
- the elements or first principles of a subject (fundimentals)
- a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something
Attributes
- to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to):
- to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated:
Bedecked
To deck out or decorate
Escapade
- a reckless adventure or wild prank.
2. an escape from confinement or restraint.
Interdict
Civil Law. any prohibitory (to forbid) act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
Umbrage
- offense; annoyance; displeasure:
- the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.
- leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees.
shade or shadows, as cast by trees. - a shadowy appearance or semblance of something.
Undulate
- to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement
- to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions.
- (of a sound) to rise and fall in pitch:
Propensities
- a natural inclination or tendency:
2. Obsolete. favorable disposition or partiality.
Rectitude
- rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue
- correctness
- straightness.
Tirade
- a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation (accusation)
- a long, vehement speech
- a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry
