Name __________________________________________Reading, Mrs. Penman’s class
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
VOCABULARY: TKM Part I: Chapters 1-11.
To Kill a Mockingbird is filled with wonderfully interesting words.
The words that you will be responsible for studying will be selected
two different ways. There are assigned words and you are also
required to personally select words that you would like to study.
Directions: Use a dictionary to define each of the words below. Be
careful to select the definition that matches how the word is used
in the novel. * For each section, select 2 additional words to define
and learn. Include page numbers, the sentence or phrase in which
it appears in the book, and the definition.
*Make sure you are accurate, because this information will be used for another graded
assignment at a later date. Do not make up your own definition; please use a
dictionary or dictionary.com.
Chapter one
1. (p. 3) assuaged
When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play
football were assuaged…..
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2. (p. 4) taciturn
…she married a taciturn man who spent most of his time lying in a
hammock by the river…..
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3. (p. 8)
repertoire
But by the end of August our repertoire was vapid from countless
reproductions,…..
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4. (p.8 ) vapid
But by the end of August our repertoire was vapid from countless
reproductions…..
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5. (p.9 ) predilection
The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a
predilection unforgivable in Maycomb.
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Chapters 2-3
8. (p. 15) condescended
Jem condescended to take me to school the first day, a job usually
done by one’s parents, but Atticus said Jem would be delighted to
show me where my room was.
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9. (p. 16) indigenous
The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her
share of peculiarities indigenous to that region.
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Chapters 4-6
12. (p.32) auspicious
The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious than the
first.
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13. (p.42) tacit
Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her
lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and
explore her vast back lot, ……….
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14. (p.43 ) benevolence
Miss Maudie’s benevolence extended to Jem and Dill, whenever
they paused in their pursuits: we reaped the benefits of a talent
Miss Maudie had hitherto kept hidden from us. She made the best
cakes in the neighborhood.
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Chapters 7-8
17. (p. 62) vigil
Next day Jem repeated his vigil and was rewarded.
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18. (p. 63) aberrations
…Jem and I were burdened with the guilt of contributing to the
aberrations of nature, thereby causing unhappiness to our
neighbors and discomfort to ourselves.
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19. (p. 67) caricature
“You can’t go around making caricatures of the neighbors.”
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Chapters 9-11
22. ( p. 77) analogous
Had I ever harbored the mystical notions about mountains that
seem to obsess lawyers and judges, Aunt Alexandra would have
been analogous to Mount Everest: throughout my early life she was
cold and there.
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23. (p. 79) provocation
“You like words like damn and hell now, don’t you?” I said I
reckoned so. “Well I don’t,” said Uncle Jack, “not unless there is
extreme provocation connected with ‘em.”
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24. ( p. 81) deportment
Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with
small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she
gave me when I was born;…..
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25. (p. 85) obstreperous
“Such conduct as yours required little understanding. It was
obstreperous, disorderly and abusive-“
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26. (p. 87) invective
“Her use of bathroom invective leaves nothing to the imagination.”
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27. (p. 90) rudiments
Uncle Jack instructed us in the rudiments thereof; he said Atticus
wasn’t interested in guns.
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