1. In-context Vocabulary Chapters 3 and 4
To Kill a Mockingbird
In-context Vocabulary
Chapters 3 and 4

2. expound
Atticus was expounding upon farm problems when Walter interrupted to ask if there was any molasses in the house.

3. expound To set forth, explain, put out
Think ex (“out”) + ponere (“to put”)

4. fractious
She had always been too hard on me, she had at last seen the error of her fractious ways, she was sorry and too stubborn to say so.

5. fractious
Unruly, readily angered
Think “could break into a fraction”

6. amiable
Atticus sat down in the swing and crossed his legs. His fingers wandered to his watchpocket; he said that was the only way he could think. He waited in amiable silence…

7. amiable
Showing a pleasant personality
Think amable in Spanish

8. auspicious
The remainder of my schooldays were not more auspicious than the first.

9. auspicious
Promising success

10. mortifying
I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it’s mortifyin’.

11. mortifying To cause humiliation, embarrassment, or shame
Think morir (“to die”) in Spanish
It was so mortifying, that I just wanted to die!