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Also, a vocabulary list for you:
A Very Small Dictionary
Here is a brief list of some of the
more difficult words Harper Lee uses.
Chapter references are given.
Word
|
Meaning
|
Ch
|
aberrations
|
irregularities; departures from the norm
|
8
|
acquiescence
|
consent; agreement
|
31
|
acrimonious
|
bitter; angry
|
17
|
adamant
|
rigid; inflexible
|
23
|
adjacent
|
next to; neighbouring
|
8
|
affliction
|
distress; pain; misfortune
|
15
|
amiably
|
agreeably; in a friendly way
|
17
|
apprehension
|
fear; anxiety
|
24
|
articulate
|
well-spoken
|
18
|
ascertaining
|
determining
|
7
|
assuaged
|
eased
|
1
|
attributes
|
characteristics; features
|
10
|
auspicious
|
favourable; fortunate
|
4
|
austere
|
severe; stern; harsh
|
12
|
benign
|
kind; merciful
|
5
|
candid
|
honest; open; sincere
|
19
|
caricatures
|
mocking drawings or imitations, usually of a person
|
8
|
caste
|
class division based on birth, wealth, rank, or job
|
13
|
collards
|
cabbages
|
1
|
competent
|
capable; qualified
|
30
|
conceded
|
acknowledged; admitted
|
16
|
connived
|
deliberately overlooked; excused
|
29
|
contemptuous
|
scornful
|
3
|
contentious
|
argumentative; quarrelsome
|
3
|
corroborative
|
supportive; upholding
|
20
|
criteria
|
standards or measures by which something can be judged
|
15
|
cynical
|
suspicious; distrustful
|
22
|
devoid
|
without: completely lacking
|
11
|
discreet
|
cautious; restrained
|
20
|
ecclesiastical
|
having to do with church matters
|
12
|
edification
|
act of improvement or learning
|
14
|
elucidate
|
explain; shed light on
|
16
|
elusive
|
not easily found or understood
|
13
|
ensuing
|
resulting
|
6
|
entity
|
a being
|
1
|
expunge
|
erase; blot out
|
19
|
fatalistic
|
accepting; resigned to the inevitable
|
22
|
formidable
|
inspiring wonder, fear, or dread
|
13
|
furtive
|
secret; undercover; sly
|
23
|
garishly
|
in a showy, gaudy way
|
29
|
gingerly
|
cautiously
|
4
|
illicitly
|
illegally
|
2
|
impertinence
|
boldness; rudeness; impudence
|
24
|
impudent
|
ill-mannered; bold; rude
|
19
|
incantations
|
magic spells; chants
|
28
|
indicted
|
accused; charged
|
20
|
indigenous
|
native; naturally occurring
|
17
|
ingenuous
|
simple; unsophisticated; childlike
|
9
|
inquisitive
|
curious; nosy
|
5
|
interrogation
|
close questioning
|
11
|
invoke
|
summon up; call upon
|
14
|
iota
|
tiny bit
|
20
|
irrelevant
|
unrelated; off the topic
|
18
|
malignant
|
evil; wicked
|
6
|
morbid
|
gruesome; grisly
|
5
|
nebulous
|
unclear; vague
|
1
|
nondescript
|
hard to describe or categorise
|
27
|
obliquely
|
indirectly; in a roundabout way
|
13
|
obscure
|
unknown or unimportant
|
23
|
ominous
|
threatening
|
15
|
perpetrated
|
caused or committed
|
8
|
persevere
|
persist
|
3
|
piety
|
religious devotion
|
1
|
placidly
|
calmly; quietly
|
5
|
prerogative
|
right; privilege
|
13
|
primeval
|
ancient; prehistoric
|
28
|
provocation
|
reason for action; harassment
|
9
|
prowess
|
skill
|
6
|
purloined
|
stolen
|
27
|
recluse
|
hermit; loner
|
26
|
reconnaissance
|
survey; examination
|
11
|
rectitude
|
goodness; virtue
|
11
|
rudiments
|
basics; fundamentals
|
10
|
siblings
|
brothers and sisters
|
9
|
sojourn
|
temporary stay
|
2
|
sordid
|
dirty; shameful; disgraceful
|
23
|
squalor
|
poverty; wretchedness
|
24
|
stealthy
|
cunning; sneaky
|
18
|
subdued
|
tamed; quieted; restrained
|
12
|
subordinates
|
persons of lower position or power
|
28
|
tacit
|
expressed without using words
|
21
|
teeming
|
brimming; swarming
|
28
|
tenet
|
belief; principle
|
17
|
tentatively
|
hesitantly; uncertainly
|
9
|
terse
|
brief; concise
|
17
|
tyranny
|
cruel dictatorship
|
4
|
vapid
|
flat; uninteresting
|
1
|
vehemently
|
rigorously; fiercely
|
10
|
veneer
|
mask; cover; outward display
|
25
|
vigil
|
careful watch
|
7
|
wryly
|
ironically; cynically
|
23
|
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