To Kill a Mockingbird

1. To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Vocabulary

2. Chapter 1 vocabulary Assuaged (V): calmed down Apothecary (N): pharmacist Piety (N): religious devotion Methodists (N): a Christian denomination Brethren (N): members of a particular church

3. Strictures (N): rules Dictum (N): statement Human Chattels (N): slaves Impotent (ADJ): powerless Taciturn (ADJ): very quiet

4. Spittoon (N): a jar-like container to spit into Unsullied (ADJ): untouched or unused Impudent (ADJ): shamelessly bold Ambled (V): walk slowly and leisurely Repertoire (N): supply

5. Vapid (ADJ): dull Eaves (N): lower edges of a roof Veranda (N): porch with a roof Picket (N): a pointed pole or stake (that make up a picket fence) Malevolent (ADJ): evil Predilection (N): a preference or liking for something

6. Corsets (N):tight undergarment worn by women Domiciled (V): a domicile is a home, so where you are domiciled is where you live Beadle (N): a minor city official Scold (N): a person who scolds people Ramrod (ADJ): a rod used to clean a firearm Foray (N): when you make a foray, you go somewhere or do something that is unusual for you

7. Chapter 2 Vocabulary Indigenous (ADJ): Native of; characteristic of that region. Sojourn (ADJ): To live or stay temporarily in a place. Vexations (N): Sources of irritation or annoyance.

8. Chapter 3 Vocabulary Erratic (ADJ): Having no certain or definite course. Contentious (ADJ): Quarrelsome. Fractious (ADJ): Easily angered; unruly.

9. Chapter 4 Vocabulary • Auspicious (ADJ): Promising success • Tyranny (N): Harshness; absolute power • Parched (V): Extremely hot, dry, or thirsty • Abominable (ADJ): Hateful, unpleasant • Melancholy (N, ADJ): sad, depressed • Evasion (N): escape or avoid • Quelling (V): to put an end to

10. Chapter 5 Vocabulary • Aloof (ADJ, ADV): not interested; keeping a distance • Foolhardy (ADJ): recklessly or thoughtlessly bold • Benign (ADJ): gentle and kind • Tacit (ADJ): unvoiced or unspoken understanding • Pestilence (N): harmful, destructive, evil • Benevolence (N): desire to do good for others • Martin (N): a type of bird • Asinine (ADJ): foolish, silly, stupid • Edification (N): moral guidance

11. Chapter 6 Vocabulary • Collards (N): green leafy vegetable grown in the south • Ramshackle (ADJ): loosely held together; shaky • Solitary (ADJ): by oneself; alone • Cherub (N): beautiful or innocent person; angel • Dismemberment (V): divide into parts; cut to pieces • Malignant (ADJ): very dangerous or harmful • Waning (V): decrease in strength or power; end • Pilgrimage (N): a very long, purposeful journey • Desolate (ADJ): dreary, gloomy, abandoned

12. Chapter 7 Vocabulary • Embalm (V): to treat a dead body as to preserve it • Hoodoo (N): a person or thing that brings bad luck • Ascertaining (V): to make certain or clear • Palate (N): sense of taste or roof of mouth • Vigil (N): wakefulness from inability to sleep

13. Chapter 8 Vocabulary • Unfathomable (ADJ): difficult to understand • Prophet (N): one who predicts what is to come • Aberrations (N): away from ordinary, usual or normal • Accosted (V): to confront boldly • Perpetrated (V): to commit • Libel (N): damagingly representing • Morphodite (N): two opposite qualities • Quelled (V): suppressed; put an end to

14. Chapter 9 Vocabulary • Inordinately (ADJ): disorderly; uncontrolled • Vain (ADJ): proud • Lineaments (N): distinctive features • Ingenuous (ADJ): innocent; naïve • Changeling (N): a child unintentionally substituted for another • Analogous (ADJ): corresponding • Hookah (N): tobacco pipe of Near Eastern origin with a long, flexible tube • Jetty (N): an overhang

15. Guilelessness (ADJ): straightforward; frank; honest • Nocturnal (ADJ): night • Trousseau (N): clothing for a bride • Deportment (N): behavior • Crooned (V): to sing in a soft voice • Tarried (V): Stayed in place; wait • Obstreperous (ADJ): resist control; unruly • Gallant (ADJ): brave; spirited • Muddles (V): to mix up or become confused

16. Chapter 10 Vocabulary • Inconspicuous (ADJ): not noticeable • Rudiments (N): the beginning of something • Meddle (V): to interfere • Peril (N): exposure to danger • Moseying (V): wander or stroll leisurely • Vehemently (ADV): strongly emotional

17. Chapter 11 Vocabulary • Apoplectic (ADJ): showing symptoms of stroke • Scuppernong (N): a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape • Philippic (ADJ): harsh verbal language • Umbrage (N): offense or annoyance • Rectitude (N): correct • Interdict (V): to forbid • Palliate (V): to relieve or lessen without curing

18. Chapter 12 Vocabulary • Barnacles (N):a person or thing that clings; an instrument with two hinged branches for pinching the nose of an unruly horse • Habiliments (N): clothing • Indignantly (ADV): angry, resentful, infuriated, mad • Contentious (ADJ):tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome • Forthright (ADJ): straight to the point; direct • Austere (ADJ): severely simple; without ornament • Phantom (N): an illusion or ghost

19. Chapter 13 Vocabulary • Formidable (ADJ): causing dread • Prerogative (N): a right or privilege • Myopic (ADJ): nearsighted or narrow minded • Caste system (N): a social system where classes are determined by heredity • Inflection (N): change in pitch or tone of voice • Curtness (N): short; abrupt

20. Chapter 14 Vocabulary • Taut (ADJ): tight; tidy • Edification (N): moral improvement • Resilient (ADJ): recovering readily; springing back • Manacles (N): handcuffs • Infallible (ADJ): trustworthy • Fortitude (N): patience; strength in difficulty

21. Chapter 15 Vocabulary • Placid (ADJ): pleasantly calm • Venue (N): place where a jury is gathered • Inaudible (ADJ): unable to be heard • Linotype (N): typeset (typewriter) • Venerable (ADJ): worthy of respect • Buttresses (N): prop or support • Façade (N): the front of a building--decorative

22. Ecclesiastical (ADJ): pertaining to church • Succinct (V): expressed in few words • Acquiescence (N): do not object by being silent • Futility (N): useless • Aggregation (N): a group of varied things

23. Chapter 16 Vocabulary • Conceded (V): to acknowledge as true • Akimbo (ADJ); bent; with a crook (arms akimbo) • Subpoena (N): a legal document requiring a person to appear in court for testimony • Elucidate (V): to make clear; clarify • Amiable (ADJ): friendly and pleasant • Eccentricities (N): an odd person’s ways

24. Chapter 17 Vocabulary • Gullet (N): esophagus; throat • Corroborate (V): to support with evidence • Congenital (ADJ): existing from time of birth • Indigenous (ADJ): native • Acrimonious (ADJ): sharp or bitter speech • Dictum (N): authoritative utterance

25. Chapter 18 Vocabulary • Mollified (V): to make less angry • Chiffarobe (N): a tall chest of drawers with a mirror at the top • Brash (ADJ): hasty, rash, unthinking • Arid (ADJ): dry; dull • Rove (V): to wander over a wide area

26. Chapter 19 Vocabulary • Volition (N): choice or decision made by the will • Subtle (N): fine or delicate in meaning or intent • Ex cathedra (N): from the seat of authority; with authority • Expurge (V): to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify • Impudent (ADJ): disrespect

27. Chapter 20 Vocabulary • Perpetrate (V): to commit • Corroborate (V): to make more certain; confirm • Dictated (V): to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record • Iota (N): a very small quantity • Circumstantial (ADJ): Of, relating to, or dependent on circumstances • Unmitigated (ADJ): not softened or lessened • Temerity (N): reckless boldness; rashness • Cynical (ADJ): bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic

28. Chapter 21 Vocabulary • Verdict (N): a judgment; decision • Relenting (ADJ): become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving • Acquit (V): declare not guilty • Indignant (V): feeling strong displeasure at something considered unjust or offensive • Tacit (ADJ): silent; saying nothing • Psychical (ADJ): of or pertaining to the human soul or mind; mental • Gavel (N): a small mallet used by a judge, etc., usually to signal for attention or order

29. Chapter 22 Vocabulary • Impassive (ADJ): without emotion; calm • Wallow (V): to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment • Feral (ADJ): existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.

30. Chapter 23 Vocabulary • Furtive (ADJ): secret • Capital offense (N): a crime punishable by death • Adamant (V): unchanging in attitude or opinion in spite of appeals or urgings • Vehement (ADJ): strongly emotional; intense or passionate • Sordid (ADJ): dirty or filthy; squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down • Wrath (N): strong, stern, or fierce anger

31. Chapter 24 Vocabulary • Yaws (N):an infectious tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberry like eruptions of the skin that is closely related to the agent of syphilis • Commence (V): to begin • Impertinence (N): inappropriateness • Duress (N): forcible restraint, esp. imprisonment • Squalor (N): the condition of being in filth and misery • Largo (N): slow; in a broad, dignified style

32. Bovine (ADJ): oxlike, cowlike; dull • Brevity (N): briefness • Hypocrite (N): a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs • Martyr (N): a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, religion, principle, or cause

33. Chapter 25 Vocabulary • Veneer (N):a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood;a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance • Due process (N): the regular administration of the law, according to which no citizen may be denied legal rights and all laws must conform to fundamental, accepted legal principles, as the right of the accused to confront his or her accusers • Demise (N): death or decease

34. Chapter 26 Vocabulary • Profound (ADJ): having deep insight or understanding • Spurious (ADJ):not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit. • Grit paper (N):an old-time country newspaper named for the truth it told • Dictatorship (N): a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a person exercising absolute power. • Mused (V): to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject

35. Chapter 27 Vocabulary • Annals (N): a record of events, esp. a yearly record, usually in chronological order • Notoriety (N): being notorious or widely known • Crooning (V): to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice; to mourn • Eccentricities (N):an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct • Radical (N, ADJ): favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms • Purloined (ADJ): to take dishonestly; steal; pilfer

36. Chapter 28 Vocabulary • Gallant (ADJ): brave, spirited • Incantations (N): repetitious wordiness used to conceal a lack of content; obfuscation • Repertoire (N): the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform. • Irascible (ADJ): easily provoked to anger; very irritable • Lichen (ADJ):A fungus that grows with algae, resulting in a crust like or branching growth on rocks or tree trunks • Pinioned (V):to bind (a person's arms or hands) so they cannot be used.

37. Chapter 29 Vocabulary • Perforated (ADJ, V): pierced through or to the interior of; penetrate • Reprimand (V): to show disapproval of, usually by an authority figure

38. Chapter 30 Vocabulary • Elude (V): to avoid or escape • Connive (V): to cooperate secretly; conspire • Disengage (V): to free oneself

39. Chapter 31 Vocabulary • Amiable (ADJ): friendly, sociable, agreeable • Acquiescence (N): agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance • Shrewd (ADJ): sharp