Vocabulary-To kill A Mockingbird Flashcards
What is an aberrations
Deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal types
Define asinine
Foolish, unintelligent, or silly
Define benevolence
Desire to do good to others
Define cordiality
Courteous and gracious
Define cleaved
Adhered to closely
Define ensuing
Following in order;coming afterward, especially in succession
Define malignant
Disposed to cause harm, suffering or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred
Define morphodite
An individual in whom reproductive organs of both sexes are present
Define perpetrated
Committed(as in a crime)
Define placidly
Pleasantly peaceful or calm
Define tacit
Understood or implied without being stated
Define unfathomable
Incapable of being fully explored or understood
Define amiable
Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner
Define apothecary
A person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs
Define auspicious
Conductive to success;favourable
Define Beadle
A ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution
Define contentious
Causing or likely to cause an argument
Define dictum
A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
Define diminutive
Extremely or unusually small
Define dispensation
Exemption from a rule or usual requirement
Define entailment
A deduction or implication
Define foray
A sudden attack into enemy territory to obtain something
Define fractious
(Typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome
Define indigenous
Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place
Define impudent
Not showing due respect for another person
Define malevolent
Having or showing a wish to do evil to others
Define predilection
A preference for something, a bias in favour of something
Define scuppernongs
A green variety of muscadine grapes
Define seceded
Withdrawal formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance or a political or religious organization
Define sojourn
A temporary stay
Define taciturn
(Of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
Define vexations
The state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried
Define ambrosia
Something especially delicious to taste or smell: a fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple
Define analogous
Corresponding in some particular: a brain and a computer
Define apoplectic
Of or pertaining to a stroke
Define calomel
A white, tasteless powder used chiefly as a purgative and fungicide
Define constituted
Composed l; formed
Define degradation
The act of humiliating
Define deportment
Demeanour; conduct; behaviour
Define erratically
Deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion
Define fanatical
Motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics
Define gallantly
Bravely, spiritedly, noble-mindedly or chivalrous
Define gravitated
To have a natural tendency or be strongly attracted
Define inordinately
Not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive
Define invective
Vehement or violent denunciation, censure or reproach
Define mortify
To humiliate or shame, as by injury to ones pride or self-respect
Define obstreperous
Resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly
Define palliation
To relieve or lessen without curing
Define peril
Exposure to injury, loss or destruction
Define propensities
A natural inclinations or tendencies
Define reconnaissance
The act of inspecting observing or surveying (the enemy, the enemy’s strength or position, a religion) in order to gain information for military purposes
Define rectitude
Tightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue
Define rudiments
The elements or first principles of a subject
Define tentatively
Of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment or attempt
Define tirade
A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation
Define umbrage
Offense; annoyance; displeasure
