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Date: _________
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Level 2
To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary
Chapters 1-16
Directions: Read each word carefully as well as the way it is used in the sentence in the novel.
Provide your own definition and part of speech based on the context of the sentence. For more
contextual clues, turn to the page number given (accurate for blue, hard cover copies) and read
the paragraph containing each word. Place each of your answers in the correct columns.
**Leave the last column blank. We will discuss and take notes on the dictionary definitions in
class. You will revise your context definitions and parts of speech (if necessary) during this time
in class.
Word
Chapter 1
1. apothecary – page 3
"All we had was Simon Finch, a furtrading apothecary from Cornwall whose
piety was exceeded only by his
stinginess.”
Chapter 3
2. amiable – page 29
"He waited in amiable silence..."
3. disapprobation – page 31
" 'I'm afraid our activities would be
received with considerable
disapprobation by the more learned
authorities.' "
Chapter 4
4. auspicious – page 32
"The remainder of my schooldays were no
more auspicious than the first."
5. melancholy – page 39
"It was a melancholy little drama...”
Chapter 5
6. tacit – page 42
"Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was
that we could play on her lawn..."
7. placidly – page 46
"Jem said placidly, 'We are going to give
a note to Boo Radley.' "
Chapter 6
8. malignant – page 55
"...the chinaberry trees were malignant,
hovering, alive."
Context
Definition
Part of
Speech
Dictionary Definition
Name: _______________________
Chapter 7
9. rendered – page 61
" '...chewing gum cleaved to her palate
and rendered her speechless...' "
10. meditative – page 62
"When he passed our tree he gave it a
meditative pat on its cement..."
Chapter 8
11. unfathomable – page 63
"For reasons unfathomable to the most
experienced prophets in Maycomb county,
autumn turned to winter that year."
Chapter 9
12. crooned – page 84
"Francis looked at me carefully,
concluded that I had been sufficiently
subdued, and crooned softly…”
Chapter 10
13. rudiments – page 90
"Uncle Jack instructed us in the
rudiments thereof..."
Chapter 11
14. umbrage – page 102
"...but I took umbrage at Mrs. Dubose's
assessment of the family' mental hygiene."
Chapter 12
15. frivolous – page 116
"...he was diligently writing on a slate
while some frivolous-looking girls yelled,
'Yoo-hoo!' at him.' "
Chapter 13
16. prerogative– page 129
"...she would exercise her royal
prerogative."
Chapter 15
17. venerable – page 150
"The Maycomb jail was the most
venerable and hideous of the county's
buildings."
18. uncouth – page 154
"...an attitude he had once described as
uncouth."
Chapter 16
19. elucidate – page 160
"We asked Miss Maudie to elucidate..."
20. eccentricities – page 165
"After nine hours of listening to the
eccentricities of Old Sarum's
inhabitants..."
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Level 2
Name: _______________________
Date: _________
Mod: _____
Level 2