To Kill A Mockingbird vocabulary chapters 1-8

Question 1

assuage

Answer 1

to make milder or less severe

Question 2

taciturn

Answer 2

inclined to silence

Question 3

malevolent

Answer 3

wishing evil or harm to another or others

Question 4

predilection

Answer 4

a tendency to think favorably of something in particular

Question 5

nebulous

Answer 5

hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused

Question 6

foray

Answer 6

a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder

Question 7

literate

Answer 7

able to read and write

Question 8

entailment

Answer 8

the act or fact of entailing, or involving by necessity or as a consequence

Question 9

vex

Answer 9

to irritate

Question 10

mortification

Answer 10

a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one’s pride or self-respect

Question 11

sojourn

Answer 11

a temporary stay

Question 12

dispensation

Answer 12

an act or instance of distributing

Question 13

fractious

Answer 13

refractory or unruly

Question 14

furor

Answer 14

a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like

Question 15

diminutive

Answer 15

small

Question 16

judicious

Answer 16

using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency

Question 17

hain’t

Answer 17

ani’t

Question 18

contemptuous

Answer 18

showing or expressing or disdain

Question 19

erratic

Answer 19

deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion

Question 20

iniquities

Answer 20

gross injustice or wickedness

Question 21

condescension

Answer 21

an act or instance of condescending

Question 22

judiciously

Answer 22

using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency

Question 23

auspicious

Answer 23

promising success

Question 24

unanimous

Answer 24

of one mind

Question 25

scuppernongs

Answer 25

a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape

Question 26

transparent

Answer 26

having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond

Question 27

phenomena

Answer 27

a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed

Question 28

immune

Answer 28

protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation

Question 29

quell

Answer 29

to suppress

Question 30

tacit

Answer 30

understood without being openly expressed

Question 31

arbor

Answer 31

a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.

Question 32

benevolence

Answer 32

desire to do good to others

Question 33

inquisitive

Answer 33

given to research, or asking questions

Question 34

edification

Answer 34

an act of edifying

Question 35

kudzu

Answer 35

a fast-growing chinese and japanese climbing vine

Question 36

unfathomable

Answer 36

not able to be fathomed, or completely understood

Question 37

caricatures

Answer 37

an exaggerated portrayal of one’s feature

Question 38

perplexity

Answer 38

the state of being confused