To Kill A Mockingbird Vocab

Question 1

Assuaged

Answer 1

Make ( an unpleasant feelings) less intense

Part of speech : verb

Example: I did what little I could assuage to my guilt.

Question 2

Apothecary

Answer 2

A pharmacist

Part of speech : noun

Example: The apothecary was helping my mom find the right medicine.

Question 3

Taciturn

Answer 3

Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

Part of speech: adjective

Example: Alexis was taciturn during English class.

Question 4

Repertoire

Answer 4

A set of skills or types of behavior

Part of speech: noun

Example: All students have a repertoire that they can do.

Question 5

Vapid

Answer 5

Not lively or interesting ( lifeless)

Part of speech: adjective

Example: Many songs in this era have vapid lyrics.

Question 6

Malevolent

Answer 6

Evil or harmful

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The malevolent ghost haunted the house for decades.

Question 7

Predilection

Answer 7

To prefer something

Part of speech: noun

Example: John predilection is to travel to Europe and explore land.

Question 8

Nebulous

Answer 8

A concept of ideas or shapes

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The nebulous glow around the body of a comet is mostly vaporized ice.

Question 9

Condescended

Answer 9

To look down upon

Part of speech: verb

Example: Jordan was condescended of Alexis because of her outfit.

Question 10

Indigenous

Answer 10

Native to a place

Part of speech: adjective

Example: There are many animals indigenous in the Galápagos Islands.

Question 11

Wallowing

Answer 11

To spend time experiencing or enjoying things

Part of speech: verb

Example: Did you know that wallowing happens to elephants in the river?

Question 12

Illicitly

Answer 12

Not allowed by law

Part of speech: adjective

Example: They illicitly burned down the apartment complex.

Question 13

Impressionistic

Answer 13

Involving general feelings or thoughts

Part of speech: adjective

Example: some impressionistic sketches will be found in India.

Question 14

Entailment

Answer 14

To have welfare, before welfare existed

Part of speech : noun

Example: Entailment is the converse of the relation of logical consequences.

Question 15

Vexations

Answer 15

The state of being worried or annoyed

Part of speech: noun

Example: There are problems and vexations happening in everyday life.