Vocab Cards #5 - To Kill a Mockingbird

Amiable

Friendly and sociable; generally agreeable

Antagonize

To make hostile or unfriendly; to oppose; to infuriate or anger

Bleak

Exposed or barren; lacking warmth; depressing

Feeble

Weak; inadequate; inferior

Gallant

Spirited and brave; chivalrous; courteous (sometimes being “sharp in appearance)

Irascible

Hot temper; irritable; fiery

Malevolent

Having intense ill will, spite, or hatred; hateful; vicious; evil

Taciturn

Tending not to talk; silent; reserved; quiet

Timid

Lacking in courage or self confidence; shy; easily frightened

Vehement

Marked by forceful energy; powerful (in passion); intensely emotional; impassioned

When Bob’s teacher asked him why he had grown so quiet again, Bob gave a ___ reply, sobbing, “No one understands or appreciates me here!”

Vehement

Many of Bob’s classmates wrongly assumed his taciturn meant he was ____, but he just simply didn’t want to speak.

Timid

After this whole debacle, Bob decided to return to his usually ___ self

Taciturn

Bob’s classmates yelled at Bob in a ____ way; he insulted Bob’s intelligence by using an offensive term

Malevolent

Bob didn’t realize that one of that one of his peers was ___