Week 4 Vocabulary “To Kill A Mockingbird”

Cordially (Adv.) Warm and sincere; friendly: a cordial greeting; cordial relations.

Repertoire (N.) All the special skills a person has

Seldom (Adv.) Not often, rarely

Stinginess (Adj.) Reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious:

Profane (Adj.) Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

Stealthy (Adj.) Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

Vapid (Adj.) Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

Quaint (Adj.) Attractively old-fashioned

Eccentric (Adj.) Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Contentment (N.) Happiness with one's situation in life

Entity (N.) That which is perceived to have its own distinct existence

Imprudent (Adj.) Not wise

Tyrannical (Adj.) Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule

Dictum An authoritative declaration

Persecution (N.) Causing someone to suffer