To Kill a Mockingbird vocab list 1
Terms
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- Expound (part of speech)
- Verb
- Foray (definition)
- As noun, sudden or irregular attack for war or spoils; raid
- Expound (definition)
- (1) To set forth; to defend with argument (2) to make clear the meaning of, to explain
- Covery (part of speech)
- Noun
- Fraught (definition)
- Filled (for ex.: "words fraught with meaning")
- Iniquity (iniquities) (part of speech)
- Noun
- Stealthy (part of speech)
- Adjective (note: stealthily=adverb; stealth=noun)
- Entail(ment) (part of speech) (there are two)
- Verb or noun
- Profane (part of speech) (there are two)
- Adjective or verb
- Sojourn (part of speech) (there are two)
- Verb or noun
- Predilection (definition)
- A preference for
- Asinine (definition)
- Stupid; stubborn (of or relating to an ass)
- Tacit (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Indigenous (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Magisterial (definition)
- With a dignified, sedate, or pompous manner
- Repertoire (definition)
- List or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, etc. that a person is prepared to perform; supply of skills, etc. used in a particular field, occupation, or practice.
- Asinine (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Domicile (part of speech)
- Noun (note: domiciled=verb)
- Quibble (part of speech) (there are two)
- Verb or noun
- Domicile (definition)
- Person's home; abode
- Condescend (part of speech)
- Verb
- Assuage (definition)
- To lessen the intensity of; to ease, pacify, quiet, appease, qunch, relieve (ant.: exacerbate, intensify)
- Taciturn (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Indigenous (definition)
- Produced, growing, or living naturally in a particular area
- Monosyllabic (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Disapprobation (part of speech)
- Noun
- Profane (definition)
- As adj., defiled; serving to defile what is holy
- Fraught (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Condescend (definition)
- (1) To descend to a less formal or dignified level; to stoop. (2) To assume an air of superiority
- Auspicious (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Dictum (part of speech)
- Noun
- Iniquity (iniquities) (definition)
- Wickedness; sin
- Contentious (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Quibble (quibbling) (definition)
- As verb, to evade or shift from the point (2) to bicker
- Stealthy (definition)
- Slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character; furtive
- Malevolent (definition)
- Wishing ill will or hatred toward others.
- Sojourn (definition)
- as noun, a temporary stay
- Predilection (part of speech)
- Noun
- Nebulous (definition)
- Cloudy, hazy, foggy, indistinct
- Onslaught (part of speech)
- Noun
- Onslaught (definition)
- An especially fierce attack
- Taciturn (definition)
- Tempermentally disinclined to talk; habitually quiet (ant.: garrulous, clamorous)
- Malevolent (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Covey (definition)
- (1) A small flock (of birds) (2) Company; band (of people)
- Dictum (definition)
- Formal authoritative pronouncement of a principle, proposition, or opinion (plural is dicta OR dictums)
- Amiable (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Magisterial (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Contentious (definition)
- Argumentative, quarrelsome
- Amiable (definition)
- Friendly, agreeable, generally pleasing
- Auspicious (definition)
- Promising good favor; favorable
- Nebulous (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Monosyllabic (definition)
- Using or speaking only words of one syllable; conspiciuously brief in answering or explaining
- Disapprobation (definition)
- Act or state of disapproving
- Foray (part of speech) (there are two)
- Noun or verb
- Assuage (part of speech)
- Verb
- Vapid (definition)
- Lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force; flat; uninteresting
- Entail(ment) (definition)
- Legal term meaning, in this case, that one
- Vapid (part of speech)
- Adjective
- Tacit (defintion)
- Implied or indicated but not actually expressed; unspoken
- Repertoire (part of speech)
- Noun