To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab 2 Flashcards
adj. argumentative
“Don’t pay no tention to Lula, she’s ______ because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her.”
Contentious
n. clothing
- When Calpurnia stayed overnight with us, she slept on a folding cot in the kitchen; that morning it was covered with our Sunday _______.
habiliments
v. - to continue in spite of difficulty
“Gentle breeding,” he continued, when I had found and scratched i, “and that you should try to live up to your name -“ Atticus _____ in spite of us: “She asked me to tell you you must behave like the little lady and gentlemen that you are.
Persevere
adj. briefly
“Called ‘em off in a snipe hunt,” was the _____ answer.
Succinct
n. acceptance
We were accustomed to prompt, if not always cheerful _______ to Atticus’s instructions, but from the way, he stood Jem was not thinking of budging.
Acquiescence
n. group
“Entailments are bad,” I was advising him, when I slowly awoke to the fact that I was addressing the entire ________.
Aggregation
v. to hinder or burden
Dill was ______ by the chair, and his pace was slower.
Encumbered
v. explain
We asked Miss Maudie to ______: she said Miss Stephanie seemed to know so much about the case she might as well be called on to testify.
Elucidate
1.) v. the act of wrong doing
2.) n. a person involved in a lawsuit
When asked upon what grounds, Judge Taylor said, “champertous _______,” and declared he hoped to God that the _______ were satisfied by each having their public say. They were.
Connivance
Litigant
v. to pick through
The varmints had a lean time of it, for the Ewells gave the dump a through ______ everyday.
Gleaning
adj. harsh biting
We could tell, however when debate became more ______ than professionsl, but this was from watching lawyers other than our father.
Acrimonious
v. to confirm
His mouth was twisted into a purposeful half-grin, and his eyes happy about, and he said something about _______ evidence, which made me sure he was showing off.
Corroborate
v. to soothe
______, Mayella gave Atticus a final terrified glance and said to Mr. Gilmer.
Mollified
adj. one’s own choosing
He seemed to be a respectable Negro, and a respectable Negro would never go up into somebody’s yard of his own _______.
Volition
adj. boldness
“And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated ______ to ‘feel sorry’ for a white women has had to put his word against two white people’s.
Temerity
