Mockingbird Vocab
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- aberration
- deviation
- amble
- to walk slowly
- amiable
- friendly
- analogous
- similar
- antailment
- legal situation regarding property
- apoplectic
- greatly agitated
- arbor
- an area shaded by trees
- asinine
- silly
- assuage
- to quiet, pacify
- attire
- clothing
- auspicious
- favorable
- bedecked
- adorned
- benevolence
- generosity, charity
- benign
- kind and gentle
- camisole
- woman's undergarment
- caricature
- exaggerated representation of a person
- concession
- a mutual agreement
- condescend
- to lower oneself
- contemptuous
- despising/ hateful
- contentious
- ready to argue
- convey
- a group
- cordial
- sincerely kind
- cordiality
- sincere kindness
- croon
- to sing softly
- degradation
- low honor or moral character
- deportment
- behavior
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- dispensation
- official exemption
- domicile
- home
- eddy
- a whilpool
- edification
- introduction
- ensue
- to follow after
- erratic
- irregular
- escapade
- reckless prank
- evasion
- to avoid doing
- fanatical
- extremely enthusiastic
- foray
- to go somewhere unusual
- fractious
- mean or angry
- gape
- to start with mouth open
- gingerly
- cautiously
- gravitate
- to move toward
- guileless
- innocent
- illicit
- unauthorized
- impudent
- shamlessly bold
- ingenuous
- not crafty
- innate
- inborn
- inordinate
- excessive
- interdict
- prohibition
- invective
- abusive language
- jetty
- a wall built into the water
- lattice
- a structure of crossed strips
- libel
- defamation
- lineament
- distinctive feature
- malancholy
- sad and gloomy
- malevodent
- evil
- malignant
- hateful
- mausoleum
- a large tomb
- meditative
- thoughtful
- morbid
- macabre
- mortification
- shame
- mortify
- shame
- obstreperous
- moisy and unruly
- oppressive
- burdensome
- palliation
- abate
- passe
- old-fashioned
- philippic
- a verbal tirade
- piety
- devoutly religious
- placidly
- calmly
- predilection
- preference
- prepeterate
- to commit
- procure
- to gain
- propensity
- tendency
- provocation
- to incite
- prowess
- superior ability or skill
- pulpit
- a raised platform
- quell
- to quiet, pacify
- quibble
- a type of arguing
- ramshackle
- loose or shaky
- rectitude
- moral integrity
- rudiments
- principles
- secede
- to break away
- skulk
- to slink
- sojourn
- a brief visit
- stricture
- restriction
- tacit
- implied
- taciturn
- silent
- tarry
- to delay
- tartly
- sharply
- tentative
- hesitant or unsure
- tirade
- a long angry speach
- tranquil
- peaceful
- tranquility
- pecefulness
- umbrage
- offense
- undulate
- to move in waves
- untathomable
- unexplainable
- vapid
- flat, dull
- vexation
- annoyance
- vigil
- a watch; waiting adn watching
- viscous
- sticky