To Kill A Mockingbird Vocab 1

Question 1

Asinine

Answer 1

extremely or utterly foolish

Question 2

Assuage

Answer 2

to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome; to calm

Question 3

Auspicious

Answer 3

favorable

Question 4

Benevolence

Answer 4

kindness, generosity, charity

Question 5

Caricature

Answer 5

a portrayal where features are distorted, a parody

Question 5

Contentious

Answer 5

exhibiting a wearisome tendency to quarrels & disputes

Question 6

Dictum

Answer 6

an authoritative statement, decree

Question 7

Diminution

Answer 7

diminishment, reduction

Question 8

Domicile

Answer 8

home or residence, abode

Question 9

Fractious

Answer 9

unruly

Question 10

Guileless

Answer 10

without deceit; honest

Question 11

Hone

Answer 11

to sharpen, to make more intense, more effective

Question 12

Indigenous

Answer 12

native to a certain area

Question 13

Ingenuity

Answer 13

cleverness, inventiveness, resourcefulness

Question 14

Innate

Answer 14

existing from birth, inborn

Question 15

Malevolence

Answer 15

ill will or evil intentions

Question 16

Piety

Answer 16

devotion and reverence to God

Question 17

Profane

Answer 17

showing contempt toward sacred things; common or not respectful

Question 18

Quaint

Answer 18

unusual in character or appearance; old-fashioned

Question 19

Taciturn

Answer 19

quiet, not verbose