To Kill A Mockingbird

Front 1

to assuage

Back 1

to make easier or milder

Front 2

Jem's fears of never being able to play football were __________.

Back 2

assuaged

Front 3

apothecary

Back 3

pharmacist

Front 4

Simon Finch was a fur-trapping __________ from Cornwall.

Back 4

apothecary

Front 5

piety

Back 5

reverence for God

Front 6

Simon Finch's _______ was exceedeed only by his stinginess.

Back 6

piety

Front 7

stingy/stinginess

Back 7

not generous

Front 8

Simon Finch's piety was exceeded only by his ________.

Back 8

stinginess

Front 9

stricture

Back 9

a critical remark; a binding restriction

Front 10

John Wesley had many _______ on the use of many words in buying and selling.

Back 10

strictures

Front 11

dictum

Back 11

saying

Front 12

Simon had forgotten his teacher's ______ on the possession of human beings.

Back 12

dictum

Front 13

John Wesley considered the possession of human _______ to be a sin.

Back 13

chattels

Front 14

chattel

Back 14

a piece of moveable property - not real estate

Front 15

impotent

Back 15

powerless

Front 16

Simon would have regarded with _____ fury the disturbance between North and South.

Back 16

impotent

Front 17

taciturn

Back 17

speaking very little

Front 18

Alexandra Finch married a _______ man who spent his time lying in a hammock.

Back 18

taciturn

Front 19

unsullied

Back 19

clean; without dirt

Front 20

Atticus's office contained an _______ Code of Alabama.

Back 20

unsullied

Front 21

spittoon

Back 21

an urn into which people spit

Front 22

Atticus's office contained a hat rack, a _______, a checkboard and an unsullied Code of Alabama.

Back 22

spittoon

Front 23

synonymous

Back 23

a synonym for

Front 24

Haverford was a name ________ with jackass.

Back 24

synonymous

Front 25

to allege

Back 25

assert without proof; state positively

Front 26

The Haverfords had dispatched Maycomb's leading blacksmith in a misunderstanding arising form the ____ wrongful detention of a mare.

Back 26

alleged

Front 27

mare

Back 27

female horse

Front 28

The Haverfords killed the blacksmith because they thought he had stolen their _______.

Back 28

mare

Front 29

imprudent

Back 29

careless; without caution; unwise

Front 30

They were _______ enough to kill the man in the presence of three witnesses.

Back 30

imprudent

Front 31

profound

Back 31

deep

Front 32

The hangings were probably the beginning of Atticus's _______ distaste for the practice of criminal law.

Back 32

profound

Front 33

to derive

Back 33

receive; obtain; originate

Front 34

Atticus _______ a reasonable income from the law.

Back 34

derived

Front 35

to amble

Back 35

to walk slowly

Front 36

People moved slowly then. They _______ across the square.

Back 36

ambled

Front 37

tyrant/tyrannical

Back 37

dictator; cruel ruler; absolute ruler

Front 38

Scout had felt Calpurnia's __________ presence as long as she could remember.

Back 38

tyrannical

Front 39

entity

Back 39

a being

Front 40

The Radley Place was inhabited by an unknown _______ the mere description of whom was enough to make us behave for days on end.

Back 40

entity

Front 41

collard(s)

Back 41

a plant like spinach or lettuce

Front 42

Sitting down, Dill wasn't much higher than the _______.

Back 42

collards

Front 43

veranda

Back 43

porch

Front 44

Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the _______.

Back 44

veranda

Front 45

malevolent

Back 45

evil

Front 46

Inside the house lives a _______ phantom.

Back 46

malevolent

Front 47

stealthy

Back 47

quiet and sneaky

Front 48

Any _______ small crimes committed in Maycomb were Boo Radley's work.

Back 48

stealthy

Front 49

morbid

Back 49

unhealthy; diseased

Front 50

The town was terrorized by a series of _________ nocturnal events.

Back 50

morbid

Front 51

nocturnal

Back 51

nighttime

Front 52

The town was terrorized by a series of morbid _______ events.

Back 52

nocturnal

Front 53

The _______ was Crazy Addie.

Back 53

culprit

Front 54

culprit

Back 54

guilty person

Front 55

predilection

Back 55

penchant; a liking; preference

Front 56

The Radleys kept to themselves, a _______ unforgivable in Maycomb.

Back 56

predilection

Front 57

profane

Back 57

not sacred; with contempt for God

Front 58

Mr. Connor charged the boys with disorderly conduct and using abusive and ________ language in the presence and hearing of a female.

Back 58

profane

Front 59

asylum

Back 59

a shelter - often for the insane

Front 60

Mr. Radley said no Radley was going to any _______.

Back 60

asylum

Front 61

to gouge

Back 61

to cut or dig out

Front 62

Don't blame me when he _______ your eyes out," said Jem.

Back 62

gouges

Front 63

to confer

Back 63

to discuss; talk over

Front 64

Miss Caroline and I had _______ twice already.

Back 64

conferred

Front 65

assurance

Back 65

making sure or certain

Front 66

The other students were looking at me in the innocent _______ that familiarity breeds understanding.

Back 66

assurance

Front 67

sufficient

Back 67

enough

Front 68

I thought I had made things _______ clear. It was clear enough to the rest of us.

Back 68

sufficiently

Front 69

mortification

Back 69

extreme shame

Front 70

If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline subsequent _______.

Back 70

mortification

Front 71

subsequent

Back 71

following

Front 72

If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline, _______ mortification.

Back 72

subsequent

Front 73

to expound

Back 73

to hold forth verbally at length

Front 74

Atticus was _______ upon farm problems when Walter interrupted.

Back 74

expounding

Front 75

persevere

Back 75

to continue against all odds

Front 76

Miss Caroline had revived enough to _______ in her profession.

Back 76

persevere

Front 77

contempt

Back 77

scorn; disdain; extreme lack of respect

Front 78

The boy did not answer. He gave a short _______ snort.

Back 78

contemptuous

Front 79

contentious

Back 79

argumentative; confrontational

Front 80

Ain't got no mother and their paw's right _______.

Back 80

contentious

Front 81

condescension

Back 81

pleasantness to inferiors; a patronizing attitude

Front 82

The moment she said, "Sit back down, please, Burris" I knew she had made a serious mistake. The boy's _______ flashed to anger.

Back 82

condescension

Front 83

diminutive

Back 83

very small

Front 84

Little Chuck was among the _______ of men.

Back 84

diiminutive

Front 85

to slouch

Back 85

to sit, stand, walk in an awkward, drooping manner

Front 86

The boy snorted and _______ to the door.

Back 86

slouched

Front 87

fraught

Back 87

full; laden

Front 88

The remainder of the school year was not as _______ with drama as the first day.

Back 88

fraught

Front 89

to refrain

Back 89

to keep from doing something

Front 90

The prospect of spending nine months _______ from reading and writing made me think of running away.

Back 90

refraining

Front 91

to concede

Back 91

to give in; to allow

Front 92

If you will _______ the necessity of going to school, we'll go on reading every night just as we always have.

Back 92

concede

Front 93

aloft

Back 93

up high

Front 94

The man who sat on a flagpole gave Jem every reason to spend the following Saturday _______ in the treehouse.

Back 94

aloft

Front 95

to discern

Back 95

to perceive; see

Front 96

The man sat on a flagpole for no _______ reason.

Back 96

discernable