TKAM+Vocabulary+Definitions

**Vocabulary Definitions**
 * //To Kill a Mockingbird//**

1. **acquiesce** to give in, to comply accede, agree, assent, consent, subscribe ** Antonym >>** to object; to disagree I was so desperate that I had to acquiesce to his demands. acquiescence, acquiescent, acquiescingly, acquiescently 2. **acrimonious** caustic ** Antonym >>** cordial The prisoner of war had acrimonious remarks for those that mistreated him. acrimony, acrimoniously, acrimoniousness 3. **arid** very dry ** Antonym >>** moist The desert is an arid place. aridity, aridness, aridly 4. **articulate** are TIK yuh late to speak distinctly; expressing oneself clearly ** Antonym >>** to speak indistinctly; to mumble An announcer must be articulate. A good politician must be able to articulate his views. articulated, articulating, articulation, articulateness, articulative, articulately, articulator 5. **assuage** uh SWAYJ to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm allay, alleviate, lighten, soothe ** Antonym >>** to irritate; to intensify Your kind words should assuage her suffering. The medicine should assuage his pain. assuaged, assuaging, assuagement, assuager 6. **auspicious** aw SPISH us  favorable propitious ** Antonym >>** ill-omened Making an "A" on the first test was an auspicious way to begin the year. auspiciously, auspiciousness 7. **begrudge** to give reluctantly, to envy a possession or one's enjoyment ** Antonym >>** to give willingly She did not begrudge the money spent on her child's education. begrudged, begrudging, begrudgingly
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8. **benevolence** kindness, generosity, charity ** Antonym >>** antagonism; avarice; malevolence His benevolence was shown when he set up soup kitchens for the poor. benevolent, benevolently 9. **caricature** a portrayal where features are distorted, a parody burlesque, travesty ** Antonym >>** somber portrait The caricature of the presidential nominee was hysterical. caricatured, caricaturing, caricaturist 10. **complacency** sun see the state of being self-satisfied ** Antonym >>** dissatisfaction Considering that he is failing, it is curious to see his sense of complacency. complacent, complacently, complacence, complaisant, complaisance, complaisantly 11. **congenital** existing at birth or dating from birth ** Antonym >>** acquired Due to the abuse of drugs, hundreds of babies are born with congenital birth defects each year. congenitally
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12. **corroboration** confirmation authentication, substantiation, validation, verification ** Antonym >>** refutation Fortunately, I had some corroboration for my whereabouts on the night of the crime. corroborate, corroborated, corroborating, corroboratory, corroboratively, corroborator 13. **dictum** an authoritative statement, decree saying, maxim ** Antonym >>** The dictum from the Pope allows this activity. dicta 14. **diminution** diminishment, reduction ** Antonym >>** escalation The diminution of nuclear weapons is a goal of arms control. diminutive, diminutival, diminutively, diminutiveness 15. **disapprobation** disapproval, condemnation ** Antonym >>** sanction The unruly child faced the disapprobation of his parents when they learned of his behavior. disapprobative, disapprobatory 16. **domicile** home or residence, abode ** Antonym >>** Because he works on both coasts, he has two domiciles. domicilable, domicil, domiciliary, domiciliar 17. **drone** DRONE speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound ** Antonym >>** I could hardly endure the constant drone of the speaker's voice. droned, droning, drones, droner, droningly, dronish 18. **edifying** ED uh fie ing instructing and improving spiritually or morally ** Antonym >>** heinous; nefarious Visiting the cathedral was an edifying experience. edification, edificatory, edify, edifier, edifyingness
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19. **elucidate** date to make clear, to explain explicate, expound ** Antonym >>** to confuse I will try to elucidate some of the important changes in the tax code.
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elucidation, elucidative, elucidatory, elucidator 20. **enunciate** to pronounce clearly ** Antonym >>** to slur Please enunciate your response so that everyone can understand you. enunciable, enunciation, enunciative, enunciator 21. **fanaticism** enthusiasm or zeal that is excessively irrational ** Antonym >>** apathy; lack of zeal The Nazis engendered fanaticism among their followers. fanatical, fanatic, fanatically, fanaticalness 22. **formidable** menacing, causing fear or awe ** Antonym >>** harmless; unimportant That retired boxer was a formidable opponent in his time. formidability, formidableness, formidably 23. **fractious** unruly ** Antonym >>** manageable; easy to handle The fractious students started a food fight. fractiously, fractiousness 24. **fraudulent** FRAW due lunt deceitful; portrayed as genuine but is really an imposter ** Antonym >>** genuine The lawyer used the fraudulent document as evidence of fraud. fraud, fraudful, fraudulence, fradulently, fraudulentness 25. **frivolous** FRIV uh lus lacking in seriousness or importance ** Antonym >>** serious; sober A teacher should limit frivolous behavior in the classroom. frivolity, frivolousness, frivolously 26. **furtive** secret in an underhanded way, stealthy clandestine, covert, stealthy, surreptitious, underhanded ** Antonym >>** bold During the test, he made some furtive glances at other classmates' papers.
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furtively, furtiveness 27. **guileless** without deceit ** Antonym >>** deceitful The voting public looks for a leader who is guileless; they want one who is full of integrity. guileful, guilefulness, guileness, guilelessly, guilelessness, guilery 28. **hone** to sharpen, to make more intense, to make more effective ** Antonym >>** to dull I am going to the golf course to hone my putting skills. honer 29. **impertinent** insolently rude, not within the proper bounds of good taste or manners intrusive, meddlesome, obtrusive, officious ** Antonym >>** reverent; respectful His impertinent remarks did not help his case in the eyes of the jury. impertinence, impertinency, impertinently, impertinentness 30. **impudent** disrespectful, characterized by improper bold behavior ** Antonym >>** respectful The student's impudent act of using profanity toward Mrs. Dove caused him to be expelled. impudence, impudency, impudently, impudentness, impudicity 31. **indigenous** in DIJ eh nus native to a certain area aboriginal, endemic, native ** Antonym >>** alien Many types of cacti are indigenous to the southwest deserts of the United States. indigenously, indigenize, indigenization 32. **infallible** in FAL uh bul incapable of error ** Antonym >>** erroneous; fallacious Since everyone makes mistakes, no human is infallible. infallibilism, infallibilist, infallibility, infallibleness, infallibly 33. **ingenuity** cleverness, inventiveness, resourcefulness adroitness, cunning, deftness, dexterity ** Antonym >>** lack of cleverness He showed much ingenuity in his unique way of solving the problem.
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 * ,<<honeHONEh** HONE
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 * ,<<impudentIM** IM pyuh dunt
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34. **innate** existing from birth, inborn ** Antonym >>** learned He has innate athletic talents that cannot be taught. innated, innately, innateness, innatism, innative 35. **inordinate** exceeding reasonable limits, excessive exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate ** Antonym >>** small It is a sign of trouble when a student has an inordinate number of absences. inordinately, inordinateness, inordination 36. **irascible** irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross ** Antonym >>** impassive; imperturbable Just about anything could set off his irascible temper. irascibleness, irascibly, irascibility 37. **lament** to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner bemoan, bewail, deplore ** Antonym >>** to rejoice She lamented the death of her father in a very lachrymose manner. lamented, lamenting, lamentation, lamentable 38. **malevolence** muh LEV uh lens ill will or evil intentions malice, malignity, spite, spleen ** Antonym >>** benevolence The old man's malevolence was obvious when he removed the girl from his will. malevolent, malevolently 39. **melancholy** MEL un kol ee  depression of spirits ** Antonym >>** happiness After Dad lost his job, he fell into a state of melancholy. melancholia, melancholic, melancholiac, melancholically, melancholily, melancholiness, melancholious
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40. **oblique** slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading ** Antonym >>** direct Because of the suspect's oblique answers, our interrogation of him led us in the wrong direction. obliquate, obliquation, obliquely, obliqueness, obliquely 41. **oblivion** state of being forgotten ** Antonym >>** remembrance Until the singer's recent hit, his career had fallen into a state of oblivion. oblivious, obliviously 42. **ominous** threatening fateful, portentous ** Antonym >>** harmless; non-threatening The ominous clouds were harbingers of the tornado. ominously, ominousness 43. **palette** board on which a painter mixes paints ** Antonym >>** The artist mixed her colors on the palette rather than on the canvas. palettes 44. **palliate** to ease pain, guilt or intensity ** Antonym >>** to intensify The doctor attempted to palliate the patient's suffering by prescribing drugs. palliated, palliating, palliation, palliative, palliator, palliatory 45. **piety** PIE eh tee devotion and reverence to God ** Antonym >>** irreverence The man was noted for his piety and devotion to the church. pietism, pietist, pietistic, pietistically 46. **placid** PLAS id  peaceful, calm serene, tranquil ** Antonym >>** disturbed The wilderness is usually a placid place where one can relax. placidity, placidly, placidness
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47. **predilection** preference ** Antonym >>** dislike; disinclination He has a predilection for fish when he goes out to eat. predilect, predilected 48. **profane** showing contempt toward sacred things ** Antonym >>** holy Profane language will not be tolerated on the tennis court. profanation, profanatory, profanely, profaneness, profaner, profanity 49. **propel** to drive or to push forward ** Antonym >>** to hold back The professor used plutonium to propel his time machine. propelled, propellable, prepellant, prepeller, prepelment 50. **propensity** preference, natural inclination leaning, penchant, proclivity ** Antonym >>** aversion I have a propensity for rising early. propension, propense, propend 51. **protrusion** something sticking out ** Antonym >>** indentation A large protrusion on his head was the result of being hit by the bat. protusive, protusively, protusiveness 52. **quaint** KWAYNT unusual in character or appearance eccentric, peculiar, queer, unique ** Antonym >>** ordinary When we go to New England, we like to stay in a quaint old inn that gives us the flavor of the area. quaintish, quaintly, quaintness 53. **recluse** REK loos a person who lives in solitude, a hermit ** Antonym >>** cosmopolitan Howard Hughes is the most famous recluse of the century. reclusion, reclusive
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54. **rectitude** state of moral integrity ** Antonym >>** depravity When the preacher's rectitude was questioned, many left his congregation. rectitudinous, rectitudinously 55. **revere** to honor, to regard with respect adore, venerate, worship ** Antonym >>** to despise Nearly all Catholics revere the Pope. reverence, reverent, reverentness, reverential, reverentiality, reverentially 56. **rudiment** an essential element or skill, also the early stages of development ** Antonym >>** Because he was not good at the rudiments of English, he had difficulty with his research paper. rudimental, rudimentarily, rudimentariness, rudimentary, rudimentation 57. **savory** appetizing palatable, toothsome ** Antonym >>** unappetizing My mother is known for her savory meals. savor, savored, savorer, savorily, savoriness, savoringly, savorous, savorsome 58. **serene** calm, placid tranquil ** Antonym >>** agitated The mountain on a clear spring morning is a serene setting. serenely, sereneness, serenity 59. **sordid** SOR did filthy, foul abject, ignoble, mean ** Antonym >>** nice; harmless The sordid details of the brutal ax murder sickened the jurors. sordidness, sordidly 60. **stealthy** STEL the acting in a secret and sneaky way--this is a negative term clandestine, covert, furtive, surreptitious, underhanded ** Antonym >>** open; indiscreet The secret organization moves by stealth to gather information on its enemies. stealthful, stealthfully, stealthily, stealthiness, stealth
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61. **succinct** brief, compact compendious, concise, laconic, pithy, summary, terse ** Antonym >>** frequently digressing Because her comments were succinct and to the point the ceremony was brief. succinctly, succinctness 62. **taciturn** quiet, not verbose reserved, reticent ** Antonym >>** loquacious; talkative A shy person is usually taciturn. tacit, tacitly, tacitness, taciturnity, taciturnly 63. **temerity** boldness that is foolhardy audacity, cheek, chutzpah, effrontery, gall, hardihood, nerve ** Antonym >>** reserve I can't believe that he has the temerity to talk back to his commanding officer. temerariousness, temerarious, temerariously 64. **tentative** not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain ** Antonym >>** permanent We have a tentative arms-control agreement, but we hope to have a signed agreement by the end of the year. tentatively, tentativeness 65. **terrestrial** of the earth or pertaining to the earth ** Antonym >>** heavenly Humans are terrestrial beings. terrestrially, terrain 66. **tranquil** TRANG kwul peaceful, calm placid, serene ** Antonym >>** agitated Weather in Texas can quickly change from tranquil to turbulent. tranquilization, tranquilize, tranquility, tranquilness, tranquilizer 67. **turbulence** TUR byuh luns wild or disturbing activity ** Antonym >>** stillness There is a lot of turbulence during a hurricane. turbulent, turbulation, turbulator, turbulency, turbulently
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68. **unmitigated** not made less severe or intense unrelieved ** Antonym >>** The witness exhibited the most unmitigated contempt in the courtroom.
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unmitigatedly, unmitigable 69. **unobtrusive** not readily noticeable, inconspicuous ** Antonym >>** noticeable; obvious He is very unobtrusive sitting over there in the corner. unobtrusiveness, unobtrusively 70. **vivid** bright, distinct, and clear graphic ** Antonym >>** lackluster I have vivid memories of my trip to Europe. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> vividly, vividness, vividity, vivific, vivificate, vivification, vivifier, vivify
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