“To Kill a Mockingbird”

Chapter One Vocabulary

Please record the following words and their definitions on your handout

(also include the part of speech!)

Assuaged (V): calmed down

Apothecary (N): pharmacist

Piety (N): religious devotion

Methodists (N): a Christian denomination Brethren (N): members of a particular

church

Strictures (N): rules

Dictum (N): statement

Human Chattels (N): slaves

Impotent (ADJ): powerless

Taciturn (ADJ): very quiet

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

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

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