To Kill a Mockingbird 64
Complete List of Terms and Definitions for To Kill a Mockingbird 64
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| congenital | innate |
| commenced | began |
| cantankerous | difficult;irritation;grouchy |
| brevity | conciseness |
| Pinioned | restrained |
| infantile | childish |
| austere | strict |
| vapid | flat, dull |
| nebulous | unclear, vague |
| provocation | to incite |
| formidable | adj. impressive |
| diminutive | small; tiny |
| guileless | without deceit |
| perpetual | continuing forever |
| Meditative | to contemplate |
| Infuriated | angered greatly |
| felony | a major crime |
| Extract | To Pull out |
| bedecked | to adorn, decorate |
| eddy | a small whirlpool |
| mollified | soothed (in temper) |
| Acrimonious | Bitter or ill-natured |
| Mr. Nathan | Boo's brother |
| acquiescence | acceptance without protest; agreement |
| Gastric | Pertaining to the stomach. |
| indicted (vb.) | formally accused; charged |
| simultaneous | at the same time |
| defiance | (n) a hostile challenge |
| prerogative | special rights or privileges |
| haughty | disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: |
| uncouth | unrefined, crude; awkward or clumsy |
| auspicious | (adj) promising good favor; favorable |
| tacit | indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly |
| Mr. Radley | Supposedly murdered by Boo |
| raling | coughing with a harsh sound |
| foray | a sudden short attack (n.) |
| aridity | a condition yielding nothing of value |
| diligently | constant in effort to accomplish something |
| hitherto | up to this time; until now |
| predilection | a preference or partiality toward something |
| remorse | a feeling of regret and guilt |
| hookah | an oriental tobacco pipe with a flexible tube that draws smoke through a bowl of water |
| an opinion leaning adverse to anything without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge | prejudice |
| Major Conflict | The childhood innocence with which Scout and Jem begin the novel is threatened by numerous incidents that expose the evil side of human nature, most notably the guilty verdict in Tom Robinson's trial and the vengefulness of Bob Ewell. As the novel progresses, Scout and Jem struggle to maintain faith in the human capacity for good in light of these recurring instances of human evil. |
| Eccentricities | an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct |
| objective | (adj.), serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes |
| squalor | the condition of being squalid; filth and misery. |
| Truant | one who is absent from school without permission |
| Tom Robinson | Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense? |
| Ascertain V. | To find out definitely, learn with certainty or assurance. |
| sullen | showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. |
| Repertoire | a list of works an actor or musician can perform-Noun |
| 2 indulged | gave in to one's pleasures; had what one wanted |
| ex cathedra | by virtue of or in the exercise of one's office; authoritative |
| When Dill first returns to Maycomb, what do the kids decide to do? | roll each other in an old tire |
| Segregation (courts) | coloured balcony |
| Maycomb (aunt) | Maycomb welcomed her |
| Mockingbird (colour - boo) | grey ghost |
| atticus | "...seems that only children weep." |
| Scout | Thus began our greatest journey together |
| the cunninghams never took anything they can't pay back | ... |
| ..."but you ain't called on to contradict' em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear?" | Calpurnia |
| Maycomb county had recently been told it had nothing to fear but fear itself | ... |
| the cunninghams : an enormous and confusing tribe | ... |
| ou never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. | Atticus->Scout |
| Symbolism (ewells) | Maycomb's Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump |
| Growing Up - Jem (hair) | Under my arms too |
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"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. " |
Atticus |
| Mayella Ewell | If you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanta do nothing about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin' cowards the lot of you |
| ''my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow'' Scout | ... |
| A boy trudged down the sidewalk dragging a fishing pole behind him. A man stood waiting with his hands on his hips. Summertime, and his children played in the front yard with their friend, enacting a strange little drama of their own invention. It was fal | narrator, Scout |
| jem | "...but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black." |
| Lynching | You know what we want. Get aside from the door, Mr Finch. |
| Scout (reading talent) | Scout yonder's been readin' ever since she was born |
| "Looks like she didn't have nobody to help her. I felt right sorry for her. " | Tom Robinson |
| Dill | There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off |
| Dolphus Raymond | "Secretly, Miss Finch, I'm not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live." |
| Growing Up - Jem (calpurnia) | He's just about Mister Jem now |
| Atticus (importance of empathy) | You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it |
| Bad Parenting (henry/aunt) | Aunt and Uncle Jimmy produced a son... who left home as soon as humanely possible |
| Miss Maudie (trustworthy) | Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie |
| Miss Maudie | You are too young to understand it ... but sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of--oh, of your father. |
| Miss Maudie Atkinson | People in their right minds never take pride in their talents |
| Prejudice (tea ladies) | All Negroes lie / Nothing but sin and squalor |
| Prejudice (aunt a on jem + scout) | six generations of gentle breeding |
| Lee's Challenge of Stereotypes (aunt a insensitive) | We don't need her now |
| Scout (cal - respects) | I went to much trouble sometimes, not to provoke her |
| Atticus (relies on cal) | I couldn't have got along without her all these years |
| Growing Up - Jem (empathy, boo) | I'm beginning to understand: he wants to stay inside |
| Boo Radley (maudie - honesty) | He always spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks say he did |
| Scout (confident, lynch mob, innocence not understanding) | Don't you remember me, Mr Cunningham? I'm Jean Louise Finch. |
| Boo Radley (child speculation) | Boo was about 6½ft tall, he dined on raw squirrels |
| "When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. . . ." His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." He turned out the lig | Scout ->Atticus and Atticus ->Scout |
| Aunt Alexandra (soft side atticus/children) | It tears him to pieces / Are you alright, my darling |
| Growing Up - Jem (avoidance of scout) | Jem was now positively allergic to my presence in public |
| Boo Radley (keeping up appearances, Maudie) | If he's not [mad], he should be by now |
| "Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop . . . [s]omehow it was hotter then . . . bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks |
-spoken by narrator, Scout - describes the background and daily life of Maycomb -during Great Depression -old-fashioned town set in their ways |
