Vocab.Ch.1 -To Kill a Mockingbird

Question 1

Assuaged
(verb)
/əˈswāj/

Answer 1

When you feel pain in your leg or arms you can always take a pain reliever to assuage it.
1.To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe: assuage her grief. See Synonyms at relieve.

Question 2

Apothecary
(noun)
/əˈpäTHiˌkerē/

Answer 2

Doctors are suppose to be apothecary to help others.

1.a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs

Question 3

Taciturn
(adj.)
/ˈtasəˌtərn/

Answer 3

People usually describe me as taciturn, the opposite of my sister.
1.(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

Question 4

Chattel
(noun)
/ˈCHadl/

Answer 4

All my clothing and shoes or things that I buy are chattel.

1.(in general use) a personal possession

Question 5

Unsullied
(adj.)
/ˌənˈsəlēd/

Answer 5

Parents believe that it is right to unsullied a child because they can get to attach to you.
1.not spoiled or made impure.

Question 6

Dictum
(noun)
/ˈdiktəm/

Answer 6

Anything that comes from or is said from the president is a dictum.
1.a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.

Question 7

Strictures
(noun)
/ˈstrik(t)SHər/

Answer 7

People from prison are strictures from the government.

1.a restriction on a person or activity.

Question 8

Ambled
(verb)
/ˈambəl/

Answer 8

When people finish running they usually start to amble from tiredness.
1.walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.

Question 9

Detention
(noun)
/dəˈten(t)SH(ə)n/

Answer 9

When people go to jail, they have to go to court to see if there getting detention.
1.the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner.

Question 10

Dispatched
(verb)
/dəˈspaCH/

Answer 10

In Germany the jewish were dispatched to a camp when they were found.
1.send off to a destination or for a purpose

Question 11

Detachment
(noun)
/dəˈtaCHmənt/

Answer 11

When I’m not paying attention and get called on I feel detachment.
1.the state of being objective or aloof.

Question 12

Repertoire
(noun)
/ˈrepə(r)ˌtwär/

Answer 12

My repertoire is using instruments because my whole family loves music.
1.a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.

Question 13

Malevolent
(adj.)
/məˈlevələnt/

Answer 13

When you get hurt by someone or they hurt your feelings you feel malevolent.
1.having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Question 14

Vapid
(adj.)
/ˈvapəd/

Answer 14

In AVID they think being vapid is not helping students improve in school.
1.offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

Question 15

Morbid
(adj.)
/ˈmôrbəd/

Answer 15

I am morbid when it comes to people or animals that have died.
1.characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

Question 16

Nocturnal
(adj.)
/näkˈtərnl/

Answer 16

Most people prefer to run or be nocturnal because it’s less hot.
1.done, occurring, or active at night.

Question 17

Stealthy
(adj.)
/ˈstelTHē/

Answer 17

When I’m in the library I stealthy, so I don’t get in trouble.
1.behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.

Question 18

Mutilated
(verb)
/ˈmyo͞odlˌāt/

Answer 18

When a person mutilates someone else they usually go to prison for years.
1.inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on
inflict serious damage on

Question 19

Predilection
(noun)
/ˌpredlˈekSH(ə)n,ˌprēdlˈekSH(ə)n/

Answer 19

My predilection is home cooked food from my mom.

1.a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.

Question 20

Domiciled
(verb)
/ˈdäməˌsīl,ˈdōməˌsīl,ˈdäməsəl/

Answer 20

When parents come from other countries they domiciled it .
1.treat a specified country as a permanent home.
reside; be based.

Question 21

Flivver
(noun)
/ˈflivər/

Answer 21

We have a flivver car, we’ve owned it for 7 years.

1.a cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition.

Question 22

Intimidation
(noun)
/inˌtiməˈdāSH(ə)n/

Answer 22

When meeting new people I usually get intimidated.

1.the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated

Question 23

Nebulous
(adj.)
/ˈnebyələs/

Answer 23

How the universe started is nebulous to the world.

1. in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
2. (of a concept or idea) unclear, vague, or ill-defined.

Question 24

Transition
(noun)
/tranˈziSH(ə)n,tranˈsiSH(ə)n/

Answer 24

People transition overtime from growth and health.

1.the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

Question 25

concession
(noun)
/kənˈseSHən/

Answer 25

Teenagers usually concession over the allowance they want for doing chores.
1.a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded.