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To Kill A Mockingbird Vocab 1
Vocab on Chapters 1-11
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English
9th Grade
12/03/2008

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Term
Assuage
Definition

Verb

 

Lesson the intensity of pain or distress

 

One-word: Ease

Term
Apothecary
Definition

Noun

 

Shop keeper

Term
Chattel
Definition

Noun

 

Slave or bondsman

Term
Tyrannical
Definition

Adjective

 

Being or characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny (using absolute power oppressively or brutally.)

 

One-word: Overbearing

Term
Profane
Definition

Adjective

 

To treat (something sacred) with abuse or contempt; impure; unsanctified

 

Used in terms of bad language, swear words.

Term
Compel
Definition

Verb

 

To cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure

 

One-word: Force

Term
Scrawl
Definition

Verb

 

To write or draw awkwardly, hastily, carelessly

Term
Entailment
Definition

Noun

 

To impose as a burden; to cause or involve by necessity or a consequence

Term
Vexation
Definition

Noun

 

The act of being irritated or annoyed

 

One-word: Annoyance, Irritation

Term
Mortification
Definition

Noun

 

A feeling of humiliation, shame and or wounded pride

Term
Speculation
Definition

Noun

 

curiosity; doubtfulness

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Amiable
Definition

Adjective

 

friendly; pleasing; admirable

Term
Truant
Definition

Noun

 

One who stays out of school without permission

Term
Judiciously
Definition

Adverb

 

Characterized by sound/wise judgment

Term
Auspicious
Definition

Adjective

 

Favored by fortune; marked by success

 

One-word: Successful

Term
Scowl(ing)
Definition

Verb

 

To look at with anger and disapproval

Term
Quell(ing)
Definition

Verb

 

to put down forcibly

 

One-word: Suppress

Term
Quibble(ing)
Definition

Verb(noun)

 

To evade the point of an argument OR To use irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point or issue.

 

May be used as a noun.

 

 

Term
Ramshackle
Definition

Adjective

 

Loosely made or held together

 

One-word: Rickety

Term
Malignant
Definition

Adjective

 

Very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect

 

One-word: Injurious

Term
Hover(ing)
Definition

Verb

 

To remain or linger in or near a place

Term
Meditative
Definition

Adjective

 

deeply or seriously thoughtful

Term
Perpetrate
Definition

Verb

 

To commit

Term
Ingenuous
Definition

Adjective

 

Free from restraint

 

One-word: Sincere

Term
Guilelessness
Definition

Noun

 

Straightforward; frank

Term
Provocation
Definition

Noun

 

Something that irritates, instigates or angers

 

One-word: Aggrivation

Term
Evasion
Definition

Noun

 

 The avoiding of an argument, accustation, or question

Term
Feeble
Definition

Adjective

 

Physically weak as from age or illness

 

One-word: Frail

Term
Inconspicuous
Definition

Adjective

 

Unnoticeable

Term
Jubilant(ly)
Definition

Adjective/Adverb

 

Showing great joy, triumph or satisfaction

 

Note: Was an adverb in story.

 

EX: Jem picked up a rock and threw it jubilantly.

Term
Bedecked
Definition

Verb

 

To adorn or ornament in a showy fashion

 

One-word: Decorated

Term
Inaudible
Definition

Adjective

 

Unable to be heard

Term
Undulate
Definition

Adjective

 

Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

Term
Propensity
Definition

Noun

 

A natural inclination

 

One-word: Tendency

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