Vocab 1 To Kill a Mockingbird

Question 1

Ambled

Answer 1

to walk or move at a slow and relaxed pace`

Question 2

Assuage

Answer 2

to lessen or calm; or make something less intense

Question 3

Dictum

Answer 3

a formal announcement or statement

Question 4

Foray

Answer 4

a sudden attack into enemy territory; a raid

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Malevolent

Answer 5

having or showing a wish to do evil to others

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Peity

Answer 6

devotion to a religion

Question 7

Predilection

Answer 7

a preference or special liking for something

Question 8

taciturn

Answer 8

saying little; reserved; uncommunicative

Question 9

condescended

Answer 9

to show feelings of superiority; to be patronizing; below ones dignity or level of importance

Question 10

Entailment

Answer 10

restricting the inheritance of property to the owner’s lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof

Question 11

mortification

Answer 11

great embarrassment; shame

Question 12

Sentimentally

Answer 12

excessive, tenderness, sadness or nostalgia

Question 13

Amiable

Answer 13

having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

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Compromise

Answer 14

an agreement/settlement of a dispute that meets two demands in the middle

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Contemptuous

Answer 15

showing the feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration; worthless

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contentious

Answer 16

always ready to argue or fight

Question 17

dispensation

Answer 17

exemption from a rule or usual requirement

Question 18

monosyllabic

Answer 18

using brief words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation

Question 19

Persevere

Answer 19

continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty of with little or not prospect of success

Question 20

tranquility

Answer 20

the quality of state of being at peace; calm

Question 21

indigenous

Answer 21

native; originating or occurring naturally in a particular place