1. In-context Vocabulary Chapters 1 and 2
To Kill a Mockingbird
In-context Vocabulary
Chapters 1 and 2

2. assuage
When it [Jem’s broken arm] healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury.

3. assuage To relieve, ease, lessen, soothe, calm
Derived from suavis (agreeable to the taste)
Think Suave shampoo, or Jared is suave

4. vapid
But by the end of August our repertoire was vapid from countless reproductions, and it was then that Dill gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.

5. vapid
Flat, lifeless
Derived from vapidus (vapor)

6. malevolent
Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom.

7. malevolent
Wishing evil or harm to another
Mal = bad
Volent = to want

8. nebulous
Boo’s transition from the basement to back home was nebulous in Jem’s memory.

9. nebulous
Hazy, vague, indistinct
Like a nebulous cloud

10. sojourn
My sojourn in the corner was a short one.

11. sojourn
A temporary stay
Think short journey