assuaged | to ease or satisfy; make less severe |
apothecary | druggist; pharmacist |
strictures | strict advice |
dictum | an authoritative pronouncement |
taciturn | habitually quiet, uncommunicative |
unsullied | unsoiled, not dirtied |
epic | heroic |
repertoire | assortment of skills |
vapid | lacking interest; flat |
malevolent | evil |
beadle | a town constable or minor official |
foray | a sudden military advance; a venturing out |
indigenous | native to |
entailment | an amount of money that is legally set aside for one purpose |
mortification | embarassment |
sojourn | stay |
expounding | seriously explaining |
erratic | uneven, unpredictable |
iniquities | sins |
contemptuous | hateful and disrespectful |
contentious | argumentative |
expansively | talkatively |
misdemeanor | a minor crime |
disapprobation | disapproval |
severed | cut off |
auspicious | marked by success; favorable |
palette | a range of colors, usually of paints on a hand-held mixing board |
melancholy | extremely sad |
quelling | calming down |
benign | harmless, not evil |
tacit | unspoken but agreed upon and understood |
magisterial | royal, majestic |
cordiality | friendliness, hospitality |
inquisitive | curious |
asinine | stupid |
gaped | stared with mouth hanging open |
quibbling | arguing over trivial matters |
malignant | evil, harmful |
perpetual | never-ending |
aberrations | departures from the normal or expected |
touchous | sensitive, easily irritated |
bade | (past tense of “bid”) ordered |
quelled | stopped, ended, put out |
perplexity | confusion |
inordinately | exceeding reasonable limits |
ingenuous | unsophisticated |
guilelessness | plain, open honesty, without any tricks |
mortify | to embarrass |
obstreperous | noisily defiant |
invective | angry, abusive, complaining language |
tartly | sharply |
articulate | speaking clearly |
jubilantly | joyfully and triumphantly |
livid | extremely angry |
philippic | a verbal denunciation characterized by invective |
rectitude | moral properness |
tirade | angry flow of words |
undulate | to move in waves |
propensities | inclinations to something |
cantankerous | cranky and argumentative |
To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary Words
January 24, 2020