To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Vocabulary. Chapter 1 vocabulary Assuaged (V): calmed down Apothecary (N): pharmacist Piety (N): religious devotion Methodists

To Kill a Mockingbird

Chapter Vocabulary

Chapter 1 vocabulary

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

Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Indigenous (ADJ): Native of; characteristic of that region.

Sojourn (ADJ): To live or stay temporarily in a place.

Vexations (N): Sources of irritation or annoyance.


Erratic (ADJ): Having no certain or definite course.

Contentious (ADJ): Quarrelsome.

Fractious (ADJ): Easily angered; unruly.


• Auspicious (ADJ): Promising success• Tyranny (N): Harshness; absolute power• Parched (V): Extremely hot, dry, or thirsty• Abominable (ADJ): Hateful, unpleasant • Melancholy (N, ADJ): sad, depressed• Evasion (N): escape or avoid• Quelling (V): to put an end to


• Aloof (ADJ, ADV): not interested; keeping a distance

• Foolhardy (ADJ): recklessly or thoughtlessly bold• Benign (ADJ): gentle and kind• Tacit (ADJ): unvoiced or unspoken understanding• Pestilence (N): harmful, destructive, evil• Benevolence (N): desire to do good for others• Martin (N): a type of bird • Asinine (ADJ): foolish, silly, stupid• Edification (N): moral guidance


• Collards (N): green leafy vegetable grown in the south

• Ramshackle (ADJ): loosely held together; shaky• Solitary (ADJ): by oneself; alone• Cherub (N): beautiful or innocent person; angel• Dismemberment (V): divide into parts; cut to pieces• Malignant (ADJ): very dangerous or harmful• Waning (V): decrease in strength or power; end• Pilgrimage (N): a very long, purposeful journey• Desolate (ADJ): dreary, gloomy, abandoned


• Embalm (V): to treat a dead body as to preserve it• Hoodoo (N): a person or thing that brings bad luck• Ascertaining (V): to make certain or clear• Palate (N): sense of taste or roof of mouth• Vigil (N): wakefulness from inability to sleep


• Unfathomable (ADJ): difficult to understand• Prophet (N): one who predicts what is to come• Aberrations (N): away from ordinary, usual or

normal• Accosted (V): to confront boldly• Perpetrated (V): to commit• Libel (N): damagingly representing• Morphodite (N): two opposite qualities• Quelled (V): suppressed; put an end to


• Inordinately (ADJ): disorderly; uncontrolled• Vain (ADJ): proud• Lineaments (N): distinctive features• Ingenuous (ADJ): innocent; naïve• Changeling (N): a child unintentionally substituted

for another• Analogous (ADJ): corresponding• Hookah (N): tobacco pipe of Near Eastern origin

with a long, flexible tube• Jetty (N): an overhang

• Guilelessness (ADJ): straightforward; frank; honest• Nocturnal (ADJ): night• Trousseau (N): clothing for a bride• Deportment (N): behavior• Crooned (V): to sing in a soft voice• Tarried (V): Stayed in place; wait• Obstreperous (ADJ): resist control; unruly• Gallant (ADJ): brave; spirited• Muddles (V): to mix up or become confused


• Inconspicuous (ADJ): not noticeable • Rudiments (N): the beginning of something• Meddle (V): to interfere• Peril (N): exposure to danger• Moseying (V): wander or stroll leisurely • Vehemently (ADV): strongly emotional


• Apoplectic (ADJ): showing symptoms of stroke• Scuppernong (N): a silvery amber-green variety of

muscadine grape• Philippic (ADJ): harsh verbal language• Umbrage (N): offense or annoyance• Rectitude (N): correct• Interdict (V): to forbid• Palliate (V): to relieve or lessen without curing


• Barnacles (N):a person or thing that clings; an instrument with two hinged branches for pinching the nose of an unruly horse

• Habiliments (N): clothing• Indignantly (ADV): angry, resentful, infuriated, mad• Contentious (ADJ):tending to argument or strife;

quarrelsome• Forthright (ADJ): straight to the point; direct • Austere (ADJ): severely simple; without ornament• Phantom (N): an illusion or ghost


• Formidable (ADJ): causing dread

• Prerogative (N): a right or privilege

• Myopic (ADJ): nearsighted or narrow minded

• Caste system (N): a social system where classes are determined by heredity

• Inflection (N): change in pitch or tone of voice

• Curtness (N): short; abrupt


• Taut (ADJ): tight; tidy

• Edification (N): moral improvement

• Resilient (ADJ): recovering readily; springing back

• Manacles (N): handcuffs

• Infallible (ADJ): trustworthy

• Fortitude (N): patience; strength in difficulty


• Placid (ADJ): pleasantly calm

• Venue (N): place where a jury is gathered

• Inaudible (ADJ): unable to be heard

• Linotype (N): typeset (typewriter)

• Venerable (ADJ): worthy of respect

• Buttresses (N): prop or support

• Façade (N): the front of a building--decorative

• Ecclesiastical (ADJ): pertaining to church

• Succinct (V): expressed in few words

• Acquiescence (N): do not object by being silent

• Futility (N): useless

• Aggregation (N): a group of varied things


• Conceded (V): to acknowledge as true

• Akimbo (ADJ); bent; with a crook (arms akimbo)

• Subpoena (N): a legal document requiring a person to appear in court for testimony

• Elucidate (V): to make clear; clarify

• Amiable (ADJ): friendly and pleasant

• Eccentricities (N): an odd person’s ways


• Gullet (N): esophagus; throat

• Corroborate (V): to support with evidence

• Congenital (ADJ): existing from time of birth

• Indigenous (ADJ): native

• Acrimonious (ADJ): sharp or bitter speech

• Dictum (N): authoritative utterance


• Mollified (V): to make less angry

• Chiffarobe (N): a tall chest of drawers with a mirror at the top

• Brash (ADJ): hasty, rash, unthinking

• Arid (ADJ): dry; dull

• Rove (V): to wander over a wide area


• Volition (N): choice or decision made by the will

• Subtle (N): fine or delicate in meaning or intent

• Ex cathedra (N): from the seat of authority; with authority

• Expurge (V): to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify

• Impudent (ADJ): disrespect


• Perpetrate (V): to commit• Corroborate (V): to make more certain; confirm• Dictated (V): to say or read (something) aloud for

another person to transcribe or for a machine to record• Iota (N): a very small quantity• Circumstantial (ADJ): Of, relating to, or dependent

on circumstances• Unmitigated (ADJ): not softened or lessened• Temerity (N): reckless boldness; rashness• Cynical (ADJ): bitterly or sneeringly distrustful,

contemptuous, or pessimistic


• Verdict (N): a judgment; decision• Relenting (ADJ): become more mild, compassionate, or

forgiving• Acquit (V): declare not guilty• Indignant (V): feeling strong displeasure at something

considered unjust or offensive• Tacit (ADJ): silent; saying nothing• Psychical (ADJ): of or pertaining to the human soul or

mind; mental• Gavel (N): a small mallet used by a judge, etc., usually to

signal for attention or order


• Impassive (ADJ): without emotion; calm

• Wallow (V): to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment

• Feral (ADJ): existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.


• Furtive (ADJ): secret

• Capital offense (N): a crime punishable by death

• Adamant (V): unchanging in attitude or opinion in spite of appeals or urgings

• Vehement (ADJ): strongly emotional; intense or passionate

• Sordid (ADJ): dirty or filthy; squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down

• Wrath (N): strong, stern, or fierce anger


• Yaws (N):an infectious tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberry like eruptions of the skin that is closely related to the agent of syphilis

• Commence (V): to begin

• Impertinence (N): inappropriateness

• Duress (N): forcible restraint, esp. imprisonment

• Squalor (N): the condition of being in filth and misery

• Largo (N): slow; in a broad, dignified style

• Bovine (ADJ): oxlike, cowlike; dull

• Brevity (N): briefness

• Hypocrite (N): a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs

• Martyr (N): a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, religion, principle, or cause


• Veneer (N):a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood; a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance

• Due process (N): the regular administration of the law, according to which no citizen may be denied legal rights and all laws must conform to fundamental, accepted legal principles, as the right of the accused to confront his or her accusers

• Demise (N): death or decease


• Profound (ADJ): having deep insight or understanding

• Spurious (ADJ):not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.

• Grit paper (N):an old-time country newspaper named for the truth it told

• Dictatorship (N): a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a person exercising absolute power.

• Mused (V): to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject


• Annals (N): a record of events, esp. a yearly record, usually in chronological order

• Notoriety (N): being notorious or widely known

• Crooning (V): to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice; to mourn

• Eccentricities (N):an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct

• Radical (N, ADJ): favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms

• Purloined (ADJ): to take dishonestly; steal; pilfer


• Gallant (ADJ): brave, spirited• Incantations (N): repetitious wordiness used to conceal a

lack of content; obfuscation• Repertoire (N): the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces,

etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.

• Irascible (ADJ): easily provoked to anger; very irritable• Lichen (ADJ):A fungus that grows with algae, resulting

in a crust like or branching growth on rocks or tree trunks• Pinioned (V):to bind (a person's arms or hands) so they

cannot be used.


• Perforated (ADJ, V): pierced through or to the interior of; penetrate

• Reprimand (V): to show disapproval of, usually by an authority figure


• Elude (V): to avoid or escape

• Connive (V): to cooperate secretly; conspire

• Disengage (V): to free oneself


• Amiable (ADJ): friendly, sociable, agreeable

• Acquiescence (N): agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance

• Shrewd (ADJ): sharp

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