Vocab Quiz chapters 4-7

Question 1

auspicious

Answer 1

favorable

Question 2

the remainder of my schooldays were no more __________ than the first.

Answer 2

auspicious

Question 3

melancholy

Answer 3

sadness with no obvious cause

Question 4

It was a _________ little drama, woven from bits and scraps of gossip and neighborhood legend:Mrs. Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley and lost all her money.

Answer 4

melancholy

Question 5

tacit

Answer 5

understood or implied without being stated

Question 6

Our ______ treat with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot, terms so seldom we barely spoke to her.

Answer 6

tacit

Question 7

cordiality

Answer 7

sincere affection and kindness

Question 8

with a click of her tongue, she thrust out her bridgework, a gesture of _________ that cemented our friendship

Answer 8

cordiality

Question 9

benevolence

Answer 9

the quality of well meaning, kindness

Question 10

Miss Maudie’s _____________ extended to Jem and Dill, whenever they paused in the pursuits.

Answer 10

benevolence

Question 11

morbid

Answer 11

interest in disturbing/unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease

Question 12

“What a ______ question, but I suppose it’s a ______ subject.

Answer 12

morbid

Question 13

inquisitive

Answer 13

curious and inquiring

Question 14

If he wanted to stay inside his own house he had the right to stay inside free from the attentions of _________ children, which was a mild term for the likes of us.

Answer 14

inquisitive

Question 15

edification

Answer 15

the improvement of a persons morally or intellectually, (education/instruction)

Question 16

“No, said Atticus, “putting his life’s history on display for the __________ of the neighborhood.”

Answer 16

edification

Question 17

gaped

Answer 17

to stare with mouth wide open amazed with wonder

Question 18

Jem ______ at him

Answer 18

gaped

Question 19

ensuing

Answer 19

occurring afterward/as a result

Question 20

Jem said Mr. Avery misfigured, Dill said he must drink a gallon a day, and the ______ contest to determine relative distances and…. in this area.

Answer 20

ensuing

Question 21

prowess

Answer 21

skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

Question 22

…to determine relative distances and respective _______ only made me feel left out again, as I was untalented in this area.

Answer 22

prowess

Question 23

ramshackle

Answer 23

in a state of severe disrepair

Question 24

The back of the Radley house was less inviting than the front: a ___________ porch ran the width of the house; there were two doors and the dark windows between the doors.

Answer 24

ramshackle

Question 25

eerily

Answer 25

in a strange or frightening manner

Question 26

An old Franklin stone sat in a corner of the porch; above it a hat-rack mirror caught the moon and shone ______.

Answer 26

eerily

Question 27

dismemberment

Answer 27

the action of cutting off a persons or animals limbs

Question 28

Atticus saved Dill from immediate _______________.

Answer 28

dismemberment

Question 29

malignant

Answer 29

very virulent and infectious

Question 30

;the china berry trees were __________, hovering, alive.

Answer 30

malignant

Question 31

waning

Answer 31

(of the moon) having a smaller part of its surface illuminated, appears to decrease in size

Question 32

In the _______ moonlight I saw Jem swing his feet to the floor.

Answer 32

waning

Question 33

cleaved

Answer 33

split or sever

Question 34

“One time I asked her to have a chew and she said no thanks, that chewing gum ______ her palate and rendered her speechless,” said Jem carefully.

Answer 34

cleaved

Question 35

vigil

Answer 35

a percid of keeping awake during the time to sleep, especially to keep watch.

Question 36

Next day, Jem repeated his _____ and was rewarded.

Answer 36

virgil