to kill a mockingbird english vocab
29 vocab words and definitions from the book to kill a mockingbird
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- obsequious
- flattering
- incredulous
- skeptical
- benevolence
- desire to do good to others
- lucidity
- easily understood
- providence
- the foreseeing care and guidance of god
- inertia
- the tendency to remain still
- promontory
- a high point of land or rock
- countenance
- the look or expression of the face
- candid
- open and sincere
- gesticulatious
- to make gestures while speaking
- impudence
- rudeness
- emphatically
- strongly expressive
- imperceptible
- subtle
- assiduous
- constant in attention
- fervent
- having intense emotion
- ingenuity
- the quality of being clever or skillful
- imperiously
- arrogant
- sublime
- inspiring awe
- despondency
- feeling hopeless
- plebian
- common person
- supplicated
- to pray humbly
- prodigious
- great in size, force, or extent
- tenacity
- persistent determination
- scrutinized
- to examine in detail
- ardent
- passionate
- effusive
- unrestrained enthusiasm
- usurper
- person who seizes and holds by force
- dilapidated
- reduced into partial ruin or decay
- insinuation
- an indirect hint