To Kill A Mockingbird Flashcards
Acquiescence
(Noun)- The act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit ascent, agreement or consent by silence or without objection, compliance
Ambidextrous
(Adj)- able to use both hands equally well
Analogous
(Adj)- similar in someway, parallel
Apoplectic
(Adj)- very angry and excited, of, relating to, or causing stroke
Assuage
(Verb)- to make something less painful, severe, mollify
Auspicious
(Adj)- showing or suggesting that future success is likely, optimistic
Caliber
(Noun)- degree of mental capacity or moral quality, degree of excellence or importance
Chattel
(Noun)- something that a person owns other than land or buildings
Denunciation
(Noun)- A public statement that strongly criticizes someone or something as being bad or wrong
Dictum
(Noun)- A statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea or rule
Dispensation
(Noun)- permission to break a law or an official promise you have made, and act of providing something to people
Edification
(Noun)- moral improvement
Elucidate
(Verb)- to make lucid or clear, to provide clarification
Entailment
(Noun)- involving by necessity or as a consequence
Expound
(Verb)- to set forth or explain in detail, to explain or interpret
Florid
Adjective- flowery, excessively ornate, reddish
Foray
Noun-a quick raid usually for the purpose of taking plunder, attack
Fractious
Adjective-readily angered or unruly
Glean
Verb-to gather slowly and laboriously
Guileless
Adjective-free from guile, sincere, honest
Hone
Verb-to make more acute or effective, improve, perfect
Impediment
Noun-obstruction, hindrance, obstacle
Indigenous
Adjective-inherent, natural
Ingenious
Adjective-showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
Iniquity
Noun-The quality of being unfair or evil, something that is unfair or evil
Innate
Adjective-existing as part of the basic nature of something
Invective
Adjective-of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse
Malevolent
Adjective-having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
Morbid
Adjective-relating to unpleasant subjects, abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings
Mortification
Noun- A strong feeling of embarrassment
Obstreperous
Adjective-difficult to control and often noisy
Palliation
Noun-to reduce the violence or to ease without curing
Perpetrate
Verb-to bring about or carry out
Predilection
Noun-a tendency to think favorably of something in particular, partiality, preference
Prerogative
Noun-a privilege given to a specific person or group
Propensity
Noun-a strong inclination to do something
Provocation
Noun, something that insights, instigates, angers, or irritates
Quibble
Noun- a slight objection or criticism
Spurious
Adjective-not genuine, authentic, or true, phony
Succinct
Adjective-tirade expressed in few words, concise, terse
Umbrage
Noun- offense, annoyance, displeasure
Vapid
Adjective-lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor, insipid, flat
Accost
(Verb)- To approach and speak to someone often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way