To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab Unit 2

After checking out the crime scene, the detective realized the burglar had to ____________ from the balcony by way of a climbing rope.

• descend

• dwell

• waning

• ensuing

In the __________________ weeks after the hurricane, thousands of people went without power.

• ensuing

• waning

• innate

• fanatical

If you don't bother to study, then don't bother complaining about the _________________ grade.

• ensuing

• inconspicious

• maliginant

• obliged

Michelangelo, historically known for his sculptures and paintings, clearly possessed a ______________ for art.

• prowess

• desolate

• vigil

• invective

After living in the wild for six months, the researcher gained a great deal of ______________ into the nurturing habits of lions.

• desolate

• insight

• cherub

• compensation

To build new subdivisions, the city is tearing down all of the ___________ houses that were abandoned after the hurricane.

• fanatical

• innate

• ramshackle

• rigid

Elizabeth tried to remain ____________, but people soon recognized her face. "Look! There's the queen!"

• inconspicuous

• malignant

• impaired

• tentative

My sister never wears makeup. Her ___________ beauty is palpable to all who look at her.

• innate

• ramshackle

• vague

• vigilant

My grandmother wears a hearing aid to help with her ______________.

• descdend

• impairment

• vigil

• pilgrimage

The queen's evil, ____________ sister plotted to kill the queen and take the throne.

• auspicious

• malignant

• inconspicuous

• fanatical