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