To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab

Aberrations: a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome
Abominable: obnoxious
Acquiescence: agreement or consent
Acrimonious: caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior,
Adamant: too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
Akimbo: with hand on hip and arms out
Amiable: polite
Apoplectic: overcome with anger
Ascertaining: find (something) out for certain
Assuaged: lessened, or to calm down
Auspicious: favorable
Benign: easygoing
Cantankerous: bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative
Changelings: a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy.
Cleaved: split or sever
Contemptuously: showing that someone is worseless
Contentious: causing or likely to cause an argument
Corroborating: to make more certain; confirm
Covey: a small flock of birds or describing young innocent first graders
Degeneration: the state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or
Denunciation: Public condemnation of someone or something
Deportment: a person's behavior or manners
Discernible: stands out
Discreet: choosing wisely with words with regard to privacy
Duress: under threat
Ecclesiastical: of or pertaining to the church or the clergy
Edification: the act of instructing
Erratically: not even or regular in pattern or movement
Ex Cathedra: from the seat of authority; with authority
Expunge: to erase
Feral: undomesticated, untamed
Fey: magical, other worldly.
Foray: to attack
Fractious: easily irritated
Gullet: throats
Illicitly: illegal
Impediment: An obstable, preventing progression
Impertinence: not a relevant quality or action
Impotent: powerless
Imprudent: showing care for the future
Inconspicuous: to be hidden
Ingenuous: (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting
Iniquities: immoral or grossly unfair behavior also sin
Innate: inborn, natural
Interdict: an authoritative prohibition or ban
Invective: insulting, abusive, or highly critical language
Irascible: easily provoked to anger; very irritable
Litigants: a person engaged in a lawsuit
Livid: informal furiously angry
Malignant: of a disease) very virulent or infectious.
Mollified: to soften in feeling or temper
Morbid: an unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects
Mortification: cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated
Myopic: unable to think clearly or sensibly, narrow-minded
Nebulous: vague or hazy
Notoriety: the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known
Obliquely: not straightforward
Obstreperous: noisy and difficult to control
Palliation: make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause
Pensive: thoughtful
Perpetrated: carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)
Persevere: continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success
Philippic: a big lecture
Pinioned: the wing of a bird.
Placidly: peaceful
Predilection: a bias in favor for something
Prerogative: an exclusive right or privilege
Procured: obtain (something), esp. with care or effort
Profane: irreligious
Prowess: askill or expertise in a particular activity or field
Purloined: to commit theft; steal
Quelled: put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force
Rankling: to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind
Reconnaissance: military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic
Rectitude: correctness
Sojourn: a temporary stay
Speculations: a single instance or process of consideration
Spurious: not genuine or true
Squalid: oul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
Stealthy: sneaky
Succinct: to the point
Tacit: a thing or action (not saying a lot)
Taciturn: saying little
Tactful: a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situation
Terse: an abrupt statement
Umbrage: offense or annoyance
Undulate: move with a smooth wavelike
Vaneer: a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying, it also describes a mask covering someone or something wood.
Vapid: easygoing or boring
Venerable: respectable
Venue: the place of a crime
Vetted: to check for accuracy, validity
Vexations: the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or
Wallowing: indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that creates a pleasurable sensation)
altercation: a noisy disagreement
caste: any class or group sharing common cultural features
contraband: anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported
curtness: to be short
demurred: to make objection
formidable: causing fear
fortitude: mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty
habilements: clothing
infallible: perfect and flawless
obscure: not clear and ambiguous
qualm: an uneasy feeling or doubt
resignation: the act of resigning
reverent: deeply respectful
warily: be on one's guard against danger