To Kill A Mokingbird Flashcards
Said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality
Alleged
Declared or stated to be described
Alleged
Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying a little
Taciturn
Reluctant to join in conversation inclined to silence reserved in speech
Taciturn
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
Vapid
Lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor
Vapid
A stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or performer knows or is prepared to perform
Repertoire
The list of drama, operas, parts, pieces, etc. that a company, actor, singer or the like is prepared to perform
Repertoire
Having or showing a wish to do evil to others
Malevolent
Wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will
Malevolent
Person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed
culprit
A person or other agent guilty or responsible for an offense or fault
culprit
A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something
Predilection
A tendency to think favorably of something in particular
Predilection
A cheap car or aircraft especially one in bad condition
Flivver
And automobile especially one that is small and expensive and old
Flivver
A sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory in, especially to obtain something: a raid
Foray
A quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder
Foray
Show feelings of superiority; being patronizing
Condescending
Showing or implying usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority
Condescending
Refers to something that is not morally proper or acceptable
Illicitly
Not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed unlawful
Illicitly
Originating or occurring naturally and if either place; native
Indigenous
Originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country
Indigenous
A deduction or implication, that is, something that follows logically from or is implied by something else
Entailment
The act or fact of entailing, or involving by necessity or as a consequence
Entailment
A climbing asparagus, the decorative foliage of which is used by florist
Smilax
Any plant belonging to the genus Smilax of the Lily family growing in tropical and temperate zones consisting mostly of vines having wood stems
Smilax
The state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried
Vexations
The state of being vexed; annoyance; irritation
Vexations
A body louse
child’s term of an imaginary germ or disease that one can catch for touching a person who is disliked or socially or avoided
Cooties
Showing contempt; scornful
Showing or expressing contempt or distain; scornful; disrespectful
Contemptuous
Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy.
Tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome
Contentious
Irritable and quarrelsome.
rectory or unruly
Factious
Strong disapproval, typically on moral grounds.
disapproval; condemnation
Disapprobation
Conducive to success; favorable.
Promising success; propitious ; opportune; favorable
Auspicious
Wine made from the scuppernong grape
A silvery Ambergreen variety of Muscascdine grapes
Scuppernong
Reach an authoritative judgment or settlement
To decide as arbitrator or arbiter, determine
Arbitrated
To cause someone to feel embarrassed ashamed or humiliated
to humiliate or shame as by injury to one’s pride or self-respect
Mortifying
Of or in the style of architecture prevalent in Western Europe in the 12th -16th centuries characterized by pointed arches ribbed vaults and flying buttresses together with a large windows and elaborate tracery
Gothic
A story, a play, film or other work in the Gothic style
Gothic
Understood or implied without being stated
Understood without being openly expressed; implied
Tacit
Extremely stupid or foolish.
Foolish and intelligent or silly; stupid
Asinine
In a state of severe this repair. Loosely made or hold together; Ricky; shaky
Ramshackle
Deserted of people in any state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
Baron or laid waste; devastated
Desolate
Incapable of being fully explored or understood.
Not able to be fathomed or completely understood
Unfathomable
Departure from what is normal usual or expected typically one that is unwelcome.
The act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course
Aberration
Carry out or commit.
To present, execute, or to do in a poor or tasteless manner
Perpetrated
A plant or animal with both female and male sex organs
Morphodite
Next to order joining to something else
Lying near, close, or contiguous; Adjoining; neighboring
Adjacent
Inability to deal with or understand something complicated or an accountable.
The state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty
Perplexity
To an unusually or disproportionately large degree; excessively.
Not with improper or reasonable limits; given moderate; excessive
Inordinately
innocent and unsuspecting
Free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere
Ingenuous
Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clear the nature of the things compared.
Having analogy; corresponding in some particular way
Analogous
Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems. Watchful; being on ones guard against danger
Wary
Innocent and without deception.
Free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; Frank
Guilelessness
The clothes, household linen, and other belongings collected by a bride for her marriage
And outfit of clothing, household linen, etc. for a bride
Trousseau
Something very pleasing to taste or smell.
Something especially delicious to taste or smell
Ambrosia
Noisy and difficult to control.
Resisting control or straight and difficult manner: unruly
Obstreperous
Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.
An insulting or abusive words or expression
Invective
Any forceful, passionate, or intense manner; great feeling.
Zealous; ardent; impassioned
Vehemently
Having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.
Capable of speech that speechless
Articulate
No longer fashionable out of date
Passe
A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
A gloomy state of mine, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression
melancholy
A previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows is a conclusion
Premise
A proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion
Premise
Offense or annoyance
Offense; annoyance; displeasure
Umbrage
Morally correct behavior of thinking; righteousness.
Rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue
Rectitude
To relieve or lesson without curing
To relieve or lesson without curing; mitigate; alleviate
Palliation
A noisy argument or disagreement especially in public
Altercation
A heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy
Altercation
Clothing
clothes or clothing
Habiliments
A printing system using a rotary press with intaglio cylinders, typically running at high speed and used for long pregnant of magazines and stamps
Rotogravure
A photo chemical process by which pictures, typeset matter, are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder
Rotogravure
Relating to the Christian church or it’s clergy.
Of or relating to the church or the clergy that secular
Ecclesiastical
Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance
Austere
A right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class
prerogative
Not in a direct way; indirectly.
In an oblique manner or direction
Obliquely
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
Absolutely trustworthy or sure
Infallible
The reluctant acceptance of something without protest.
The act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent; argument or consent by silence or without objection
Acquiescence
Bad tempered and sulky ; gloomy.
Showing irritation or it’ll humor by gloomy silence or reserve
Sullen
Pointlessness and useless
The quality of being a futile; ineffectedness; uselessness
Futility
According to great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character.
Commanding respect because of great age for impressive dignity; worthy of the direction of reverence, as because, as because of high office or noble character
Venerable
Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, and fence, or capable.
Causing fear, apprehension, or dread.
Formidable
Willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing, especially and inmoral or illegal act
The act of conniving
Connivance
Confirm or give support to A statement theory or finding;
to make certain; confirm
corroborating
Typically a speech or a debate angry and bitter
bitter speech speech behavior that is bitter and angry
Acrimonious
Arrogantly superior and disdainful
Disdainfully proud snobbish scornfully arrogant
HAUGHTY
Appease the anger or anxiety of someone
To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease
Mollified
With the full authority of office.
From the seat of authority; with authority use especially of those pronouncements of the pope that are considered fallible
Ex cathedra
Not sure I do respect for another person; impertinent
Of relating to or characterized by impertinence of effrontery
Impudent
Absolute; unqualified. Not mitigated; not softened not lessened
Unmitigated
Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.
Reckless boldness; rashness
Temerity
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral up rightness
Adhering to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty
Integrity
Believing that people are motivated by self interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
Distrusting disparaging the motives of others like or characteristic of the cynic
Cynical
The quality of being trusted and believed in.
The quality of being believable or worthy of trust
Credibility
Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a believe that discovery would lead to trouble
Furtive
Anyway that expresses dry, especially marking, humor. Bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing
Wryly
Writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
Hard to decipher hard to read
Hieroglyphic
Refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind.
Totally unyielding an attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings etc.
Adamant
Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt .
Morally ignoble or base; vile
Sordid
Lack of respect; rudeness.
Unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence
Impertinence
Relating to or affecting cattle
Bovine
Having been murdered.
A person who willingly suffer death rather than renounced his or her religion
Martyred
To hostile and ill-treatment, especially because of the race or political or religious believes.
To annoy or trouble persistently
Persecuted
The state of being famous or well-known for some bad quality or deed.
The state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known
Notoriety
Any cautious and surreptitious manner so as not to be seen or heard
Done characterized were acting buy stealthy
STEALTHILY
To steal something.
To take dishonesty steal filch pilfer
Purloined
Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
Easily provoked to anger; very irritable
Irascible
To tie or hold the arms or legs of someone.
To disable or restraint in such a manner
Pinioned
With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
Shortened and detached and played or sung
Staccato
Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid
Excessively bright; glaring
Garishly
Calm, dependable, showing little emotion or animation.
Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive
STOLIDLY
Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Apprehensive
Quick to learn or understand
Apprehensive
