To Kill A Mockingbird Part One Vocabulary

Question 1

Silent

Answer 1

TACITURN

Their sister Alexandra married a TACITURN man who spent most of his time lying in a hammock by the river wondering if his trot lines were full.

Question 2

Uninteresting

Answer 2

VAPID

By the end of August our repertoire was VAPID from endless reproductions….

Question 3

Preference

Answer 3

PREDILECTION

The Radley’s, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a PREDILECTION unforgivable in Maycomb.

Question 4

Hazy, distinct

Answer 4

NEBULOUS

boo’s transition from the basement to back home was NEBULOUS in Jem’s memory.

Question 5

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Answer 5

ENTAILMENT

Question 6

Treat others as inferior

Answer 6

CONDESCENSION

The boys CONDESCENSION flashed to anger. “You try make me Missus.”

Question 7

Favorable

Answer 7

AUSPICIOUS

The remainder of my school days were no more AUSPICIOUS than the first. (conducive to success)

Question 8

A grape

Answer 8

SCUPPERNONG

Question 9

Epidemic disease

Answer 9

PESTILENCE

Miss Moddys face like and such an occurrence into an old testament PESTILENCE.

Question 10

A process of instruction or improvement

Answer 10

EDIFICATION

Atticus said he would not put his life history on display for the EDIFICATION of the neighborhood.

Question 11

To find out for sure

Answer 11

ASCERTAIN

Carrying his grandfathers watch became a burden to Jen and he no longer felt the necessity of ascertaining the hour every five minutes.

Question 12

Different from normal

Answer 12

ABERRATION

Jen and I were burdened with the guilt of contributing to the ABERRATIONS of nature causing our neighbors unhappiness and discomfort to ourselves

Question 13

Characteristic feature

Answer 13

LINEAMENT

A flip of the coin reviewed the uncompromising LINEAMENTS of and Alexandra and Francis.

Question 14

Harsh statements

Answer 14

PHILIPPIC

We were followed up the sidewalk by a PHILIPPIC on our families moral degeneration, the major premise of which was that half the Finches were in an asylum anyway.

Question 15

Offense or displeasure

Answer 15

UMBRAGE

I wasn’t sure what Jem resented most, but I took UMBRAGE at Mrs. Dubose’s assessment of the family’s mental hygiene.

Question 16

Righteousness

Answer 16

RECTITUDE

Question 17

Explain

Answer 17

ELUCIDATE

We ask Miss Maudie to ELUCIDATE: she said to Miss Stephanie seem to know so much about the case you might as will be called on to testify

Question 18

Consent to wrongdoing

Answer 18

CONNIVANCE

When asked on what grounds the case should be thrown out the judge said “Champertous connivance on the part of the litigants.”

Question 19

Person involved in a lawsuit

Answer 19

LITIGANT

Question 20

Confirm

Answer 20

CORROBORATE

The police were able to CORROBORATE the witness’ statements with the evidence.

Question 21

To pick through

Answer 21

GLEAN

The Ewells gave the dump a thorough GLEANING every day
and the yard look like a mess with all the things they brought back.

Question 22

Harsh, biting

Answer 22

ACRIMONIOUS

The debate became ACRIMONIOUS as people argued with each other.

Question 23

To soothe

Answer 23

MOLLIFY

Question 24

One’s own choosing

Answer 24

VOLITION

He seemed to be a respectable Negro, and A respectable Negro would never go up into somebody’s yard of his own VOLITION.

Question 25

Timidity

Answer 25

TEMERITY

A quiet respectable humble Negro who had the unmitigated TEMERITY to feel sorry for “a white woman” has had to put his word against two white peoples.

Question 26

Savage, fierce

Answer 26

FERAL

Jem made a FERAL noise in his throat. He was mad.

Question 27

Ignoble or dirty

Answer 27

SORDID

“I guess it’s to protect our frail ladies from SORDID cases like Tom’s,” said Atticus.

Question 28

Bound fast

Answer 28

PINION

He tried to catch my arms, but they were tightly PINIONED and I couldn’t move.

Question 29

Unemotional

Answer 29

STOLID

“Doesn’t make it right” said Jem STOLIDLY. He beat his fist softly on his knee “you just can’t convict a man on evidence like that-you can’t.”

Question 30

Official restraint

Answer 30

INTERDICT

What Jem did was something I’d do as a matter of course had I not been under Atticus is INTERDICT, which I assumed included not fighting horrible old ladies.

Question 31

To lessen seriousness

Answer 31

PALLIATION

She was less than a satisfactory source of PALLIATION, but she did give Jem a hot biscuit and butter to calm him.

Question 32

Quarrelsome

Answer 32

CANTANKEROUS

She was CANTANKEROUS and disapproved heartily of my doings.

Question 33

Clothes

Answer 33

HABILAMENTS

Question 34

Argumentative

Answer 34

CONTENTIOUS

“Ain’t got no mother,” was the answer, “and their paws right contentious.”

Question 35

Continue in spite of

Answer 35

PERSEVERE

Apparently she had revived enough to PERSEVERE in her profession. “It’s alive’” she screamed.

Question 36

Briefly stated

Answer 36

SUCCINCT

“Call him off,” was the SUCCINCT answer.

Question 37

Acceptance

Answer 37

ACQUIESENCE

Question 38

Group

Answer 38

AGGREGATION

“Entailments are bad,” I was advising him, when I slowly awoke to the fact that I was addressing the entire AGGREGATION. The men were all looking at me as I spoke.

Question 39

Hinder, burden

Answer 39

ENCUMBER

Dill and I fell into step behind Atticus and Jem. Dylan was ENCUMBERED by the chair and his pace was slower.

Question 40

Relieve

Answer 40

ASSUAGE

Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were ASSUAGE when his leg healed.