TKAM Vocab Essay

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To Kill a Mocking Bird Vocabulary
Chapter 1
Assuaged - make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Apothecary - a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.

Taciturn - reserved or uncommunicative in speech

Impudent - not showing due respect for another person

Malevolent - having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Predilection - a preference or special liking for something

Chapter 2
Seceded - withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

Illicitly -not morally proper or acceptable

Covey - a small flock of birds

Vexations - the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried

Sojourn - a temporary stay

Chapter 3
Irked - irritateed

Haint - In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation

Contemptuous - showing contempt

Diminutive - extremely or unusually small

Monosyllabic - consisting of one syllable

Chapter 4
Auspicious - favorable

Melancholy - a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

Quelling - put an end to a rebellion or other disorder

Chapter 5
Benign - gentle

Tacit - understood or implied without being stated

Benevolence - act of kindness or an inclination to be kind

Asinine - extremely stupid or foolish.

Edification - the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually

Quibbling - argue or raise objections about a trivial matter

Chapter 6
Kudzu - a quick-growing eastern Asian climbing plant

Prowess - skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

Collards - a cabbage of a variety that does not develop a heart

Malignant - very virulent or infectious

Waning - decrease in vigor, power, or extent

Chapter 7
Perpetual - never ending or changing

Cleaved - split or sever

Vigil - a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray

Chapter 8
Aberrations - a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome

Perpetrated - carry out or commit

Caricatures - a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect

Taffeta - a fine lustrous silk or similar synthetic fabric with a crisp texture

Cordial - warm and friendly

Chapter 9
Inordinately - extremely

Analogous - comparable in certain respects

Provocation - action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately

Obstreperous - noisy and difficult to control

Invective - insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

Chapter 10
Inconspicuous - not clearly visible or attracting attention

Rudiments - the first principles of a subject

Tartly - in a tart manner

Mausoleum - a building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs

Peril - serious and immediate danger

Chapter 11
Passé - out of date

Apoplectic - overcome with anger

Umbrage - offense or annoyance

Interdict - an authoritative prohibition

Palliation - to relieve or lessen without curing

Boded - be an omen of a particular outcome

Chapter 12
Clad - clothed

Garish - obtrusively bright and showy

Dispelled - make disappear

Austere - severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

Chapter 13
Prerogative - right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

Incestuous - excessively close and resistant to outside influence

Obliquely - not in a direct way

Myopic -