TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
VOCABULARY
1. Assuage
RelievePacify
2. Taciturn
Silent
3. Vapid
Uninteresting
Boring
4. Predilection
PreferenceFondness
5. Nebulous
Hazy
Indistinct
6. EntailmentInheritance
of property is limited to certain heirs
7. Condescension
Treat others as inferior
Snobbish
8. Auspicious
Favorable
9. Malevolent
EvilHarmful
10. Pestilence
Epidemic disease
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
VOCABULARY
PART II
11. Ascertain
To make certain
To be exactTo be
precise
12. Umbrage
Resentment
Offense
13. Philippics
Speeches full of bitterness that condemn another person(s)
14. LineamentsFeature of bodyDistinguishing
or characteristic features
15. RectitudeMoral
integrity
Being rightRighteousness
16. Cantankerous
Ill-natured
Quarrelsome
17. Aberrations
Ghosts
Atypical individuals
18. InterdictTo
formally forbid
19. PalliationCovering with
excuses or apologies
Making less intense or severe
20. EdificationInstruction &
Improvement
Spiritually Morally