To Kill A Mockingbird Vocab 1
Terms
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- quibble
- (n or v) as verb, to evade or shift from the point; to bicker
- malevolent
- (adj) wishing ill will or hatred towards others
- nebulous
- (adj) cloudy, hazy, foggy, indistinct
- asinine
- (adj) stupid, stubborn (of or relating to an ass)
- foray
- (n or v) as noun, sudden or irregular attack for war or spoils; raid
- fraught
- (adj) filled
- onslaught
- (n) an especially fierce attack
- taciturn
- (adj) temperamentally disinclined to talk; habitually quiet
- covey
- (n) a small flock (of birds); company or band (of people)
- sojourn
- (v or n) as noun, a temporary stay
- magisterial
- (adj) with a dignified, sedate, or pompous manner
- repertoire
- (n) 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
- profane
- (adj or v) defiled; serving to defile what is holy
- domicile
- (n) person's home; abode
- predilection
- (n) a preference for
- entail (ment)
- (v or n) legal term meaning that one's property or estate is temporarily held by the state until one pays taxes, etc.
- iniquity
- (n) wickedness; sin
- disapprobation
- (n) act or state of disapproving
- indigenous
- (adj) produced, growing, or living naturally in a particular area
- condescend
- (v) to descend to a less formal of dignified level; to stoop; to assume an air of superiority
- tacit
- (adj) implied or indicated but not actually expressed; unspoken
- vapid
- (adj) lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force; flat; uninteresting
- contentious
- (adj) argumentative, quarrelsome
- expound
- (v) to set forth; to defend with argument; to make clear the meaning of; to explain
- monosyllabic
- (adj) using or speaking only monosyllables; conspicuously brief in answering or explaining
- amiable
- (adj) friendly, agreeable, generally pleasing
- stealthy
- (adj) slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character; furtive
- dictum
- (n) formal authoritative pronouncement of a principle, proposition, or opinion
- assuage
- (v) to lessen the intensity of; to ease, pacify, quiet, appease, quench, relieve
- auspicious
- (adj) promising good favor; favorable