Flashcards
To Kill A Mockingbird
Cards in this deck (29)
- 1Ambledto walk at a slow, leisurely pace
- 2apothecarypharmacist
- 3assuagedto lessen or to calm
- 4beadledeputy or constable;lower in rank than a sheriff
- 5brethrenmembers of a particular church or sect
- 6corsetsa ladies’ undergarment that restricts in order to produce a
slimmer waist, bust, or hips - 7dictuma formal statement of principle
- 8domicile(d)a house or a place where a person lives
- 9eavesthe lower edges of a roof which usually project beyond
the sides of the building - 10forayto go somewhere and do something unusual
- 11human chattelsslaves
- 12impotentpowerless
- 13impudentshamelessly bold
- 14malevolentevil
- 15picketa pointed or sharpened pole or stake
- 16pietydevotion to religious duties and practices
- 17predilectionpreference or a preferred way of doing something
- 18ramrodrigid, severe, straight
- 19vapidboring and uninteresting; empty
- 20scolda person who finds fault with people or things
- 21spittoona jarlike container usually used to spit tobacco into
- 22stricturesconditions or rules
- 23tacitumalmost always silent
- 24unsullieduntouched, unused, uncorrupted
- 25verandaa portico or porch with a roof
- 26auspiciousfavorable
- 27melancholysad and gloomy
- 28quellingto quiet or peacify
- 29suppernogssweet table grape made in the south