TKM Vocab: Chapters 17-31

"We could tell, however, when debate became more acrimonious than professional, but this was from watching lawyers other than our father." - What does ACRIMONIOUS mean?

• With conviction or force

• unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition

• Bitter, stinging, or caustic in nature or speech

• not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

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"Which in the summertime were covered with greasy strips of cheesecloth to keep out the varmints that feasted on Maycomb’s refuse." - What does VARMINTS mean?

• An undesirable animal, usually a scavenger

• Someone who deliberately insults religion, God, or a way of life

• Washing; the process of bathing

• Magic spells; chants

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"In Maycomb County, it was easy to tell when someone bathed regularly, as opposed to yearly lavations: Mr. Ewell had a scalded look." - What does LAVATIONS mean?

• A manner of walking or trotting

• A soft singing or humming

• passive acceptance or submission; consent; agreement

• Washing; the process of bathing

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“Are you being impudent to me, boy?” - What does IMPUDENT mean?

• Cooperated in secret; conspired

• not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

• Secret or shifty; sneaky

• unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition

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"He seemed to be a respectable Negro, and a respectable Negro would never go up into somebody’s yard of his own volition." - What does VOLITION mean?

• A doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them

• passive acceptance or submission; consent; agreement

• The power of choosing or determining

• deviation from an established pattern or norm; odd behavior

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"“And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people’s."" - What does TEMERITY mean?

• unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition

• of a deceitful nature or quality; corresponding to something without having its genuine qualities

• A doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them

• With conviction or force

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"“Don’t you oh well me, sir,” Miss Maudie replied, recognizing Jem’s fatalistic noises, “you are not old enough to appreciate what I said.”": - What does FATALISTIC mean?

• Lack of respect; rudeness

• Disconnected, shortened, detached sound

• deceitful nature or quality; corresponding to something without having its genuine qualities

• A doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them

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"“‘t’s all right to talk like that—can’t any Christian judges an’ lawyers make up for heathen juries,” Jem muttered. “Soon’s I get grown—”" - What does HEATHEN mean?

• presenting favorable circumstances

• Someone who deliberately insults religion, God, or a way of life

• a government in which a single person assumes absolute control

• unspoken; understood without being expressed

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"Atticus was speaking so quietly his last word crashed on our ears. I looked up, and his face was vehement." - What is the best antonym for VEHEMENT?

• passionate

• heated

• calm

• lethargic

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"Miss Stephanie eyed me suspiciously, decided that I meant no impertinence, and contented herself with, “Well, you won’t get very far until you start wearing dresses more often.”" - What does IMPERTINENCE mean?

• Made less severe or burdensome

• Lack of respect; rudeness

• A person who is innocent or unsuspecting

• Approached in a harsh manner; assaulted

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