1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Vocabulary for each chapter

2. PART ONE Vocabulary Chapters One- Eleven of To Kill a Mockingbird

3. Chapter One: Vocabulary Assuaged (vb.) * You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: To assuage is to lessen or to calm. Therefore, If Jem’s fears about being able to play football were assuaged, it means that he no longer feared that he wouldn’t be able to play the sport.

4. Chapter Two: Vocabulary Entailment (N.) * You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property.

5. Chapter Three: Vocabulary Contemptuous (adj.) * You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: To be contemptuous is to have the feeling that someone or something is beneath you; that it or they are worthless. The Ewell boy obviously feels this way about his teacher, Miss Caroline.

6. Chapter Four: Vocabulary Auspicious (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: favorable

7. Chapter Five: Vocabulary Tacit (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: As agreement, or, in this case a “treaty” that is tacit is one that has been silently agreed upon. Thus, the children know that they can play on Miss Maudie’s front lawn even though she never directly told them that it was all right to do so.

8. Chapter Six: Vocabulary malignant (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: dangerous or evil

9. Chapter Seven: Vocabulary cleaved (vb.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: stuck

10. Chapter Seven: Vocabulary vigil (N.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: a watch. Jem is waiting and watching for Mr. Nathan to appear.

11. Chapter Eight: Vocabulary Aberrations (N.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: an aberration is a deviation, or moving away from, something that is normal. The fact that winter comes so quickly in Maycomb is abnormal, thus an aberration.

12. Chapter Nine: Vocabulary guilelessness (N.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: Guile is craftiness and cunning in dealing with others. To be guileless is to have none of that craftiness. Here, Lee is being ironic since it’s obvious that Simon Finch didn’t trust his daughters at all, and planned his house accordingly.

13. Chapter Ten: Vocabulary bout (N.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: fight

14. Chapter Ten: Vocabulary bout (N.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: fight

15. Chapter Eleven: Vocabulary palliation (N.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition: to palliate is to lessen the pain, or, in this case, fear and anxiety, of something without actually making the fear and anxiety go away. Calpurnia is not a great source of palliation; that is, she doesn’t make the children feel any less anxious or fearful.

16. PART ONE Vocabulary Chapters One- Eleven of To Kill a Mockingbird

17. Chapter Twelve: Vocabulary contemptuously (adv.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition-To behave or speak toward someone as if he or she is unworthy or beneath one’s dignity.

18. Chapter Thirteen: Vocabulary formidable (adv.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- inspiring wonder, fear, or dread.

19. Chapter Fourteen: Vocabulary infallible (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- never wrong

20. Chapter Fifteen: Vocabulary uncouth (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- crude or unmannerly

21. Chapter Sixteen: Vocabulary akimbo (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- hands on hips and elbows bent outward

22. Chapter Seventeen: Vocabulary acrimonious (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- sarcastic; bitter; nasty

23. Chapter Eighteen: Vocabulary mollified (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- soothed; calmed

24. Chapter Nineteen: Vocabulary expunge (vb.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- remove completely

25. Chapter Twenty: Vocabulary Corroborative evidence (adj. + N) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- To corroborate is to strengthen and support. In a trial, is evidence that makes the case stronger.

26. Chapter Twenty One: Vocabulary Acquit (verb) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- Clear or a charge; find not guilty

27. Chapter Twenty Two: Vocabulary feral (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- wild; savage

28. Chapter Twenty Three: Vocabulary sordid (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- dirty, shameful; disgraceful

29. Chapter Twenty Four: Vocabulary squalor (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- filth

30. Chapter Twenty Five: Vocabulary scowling (verb) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- a facial expression caused by scrunching up one’s forehead and brow; a look of displeasure

31. Chapter Twenty Six: Vocabulary spurious (adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- Something that is spurious outwardly resembles something but does not have the genuine qualities of that thing

32. Chapter Twenty Seven: Vocabulary purloined (verb) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition-stolen

33. Chapter Twenty Eight: Vocabulary Subordinates You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition-persons of lower position or power

34. Chapter Twenty Nine: Vocabulary Garishly-(adj.) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition-in a showy, gaudy way (gaudy means brightly colored or showily decorated to an unpleasant or vulgar degree).

35. Chapter Thirty: Vocabulary connived-(verb) You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- secretly cooperated or agreed to

36. Chapter Thirty One: Vocabulary acquiescence You will need to find the sentence in the book. Definition- consent; agreement