To Kill A Mockingbird Vocab Flashcards
Piety
Dutiful respect or regard
Assuaged
To make milder or less severe
Dictum
An authoritative pronouncement
Taciturn
Inclined to silence; reserved in speech
Quaint
Having an old fashioned attractiveness or charm
Malevolent
Wishing evil or harm to another
Predilection
A tendency to think favorably of something in particular; a preference
Domiciled
A place of residence
Profane
Not devoted to holy or religious purposes; to treat with irreverence or contempt
Terrain
Ground or a plot of land
Indigenous
Originating in a particular region; inherited or natural
Diminutive
Small, tiny, or little
Fractious
Refractory or unruly; stubborn; irritable
Disapprobation
Disapproval; condemnation
Auspicious
Promising success; favored by fortune
Palette
The set of colors on a board or surface
Benevolence
Desire to do good to others; an at of kindness
Honed
Having sharped a razor or another cutting object on a whetstone
Caricature
An imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous
Inordinately
Not within proper reason or limits
Ingenuous
Free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation
Innate
Inherent in the essential character of something
Guilelessness
Free from guile; sincere or honest
Fanatical
Motivated or characterized by an extreme zeal
Tentatively
Unsure, or uncertain
Rudiments
The elements or first principles of a subject
Articulate
Capable of clear, understandable speech patterns
Melancholy
A gloomy state of mind
Palliation
To relieve or lesson without curing
Rectitude
Rightness of principle or conduct; correctness
Trainquil
Free from commotion
Protruded
To project or thrust forward
Propensities
A natural inclination or tendency
Frivolous
Hat actresses by a lack of seriousness
Propelled
To drive or urge to move
Formidable
Causing fear; intimidating; of great strength
Obliquely
At an angle; slanting; sloping
Edification
Improvement or enlightenment
Reverent
Feeling, expressing, or characterized by reverence
Infallible
Absolutely trustworthy or sure
Placid
Pleasantly calm or peaceful
Begrudge
O envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone
Ominous
Portending evil or harm; indicating the nature of a future event
Vivid
Strikingly bright or intense; full if life
Oblivious
Unmindful; unconscious; forgetful
Succinct
Expressed in few words
Acquiescence
The act or condition of giving tactic
Elucidate
To make lucid or clear; to explain
Unobtrusive
Not obtrusive; inconspicuous
Turbulent
Being in a state of agitation or tumult
Corroborating
To confirm or make certain
Congenital
Having by nature a specified character
Acrimonious
Caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature
Serene
Calm, peaceful, or tranquil
Complacently
Pleased with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect
Stealthy
Done, characterized, or acting with stealth
Impudent
Characterized by impertinence or effrontery; shameless or brazenly immodest
Fraud
An act of deceit or trickery
Aridity
Without moisture; lacking interest or imaginativeness
Unmitigated
Not softened or lessened
Temerity
Reckless boldness
Furtive
Taken or used by implementing stealth
Sordid
Morally ignoble; selfish; dirty or filthy
Droned
To make dull
Impertinence
An unmannerly intrusion or presumption
Recluse
A person who lives in sulcus ion or far from society; one who voluntarily remains in a cell for life
Enunciated
To pronounce in an articulate manner; to declare definitely, as a theory
Savored
The quality in a substance that affects it’s taste or smell
Irascible
Easily provoked or angered
Lament
To feel or express sorrow or regret for someone
