To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary

A comprehensive vocabulary list with definitions based on To Kill a Mockingbird.

Assuaged

Eased or relieved a painful or intense feeling.

Auspicious

Favorable; suggesting a good or successful outcome.

Condescension

An attitude of patronizing superiority toward someone seen as inferior.

Contentious

Causing or likely to cause disagreement; argumentative.

Dictum

A formal or authoritative statement or principle.

Diminutive

Very small in size.

Entailment

A legal restriction on how land or property can be inherited or sold, often tying it to a family line.

Fractious

Irritable and difficult to deal with; unruly.

Quelled

Suppressed or extinguished, often forcefully.

Scuppernong

A type of sweet, bronze-colored grape native to the southeastern U.S., often grown on arbors.

Taciturn

Reserved or reluctant to speak; saying little.

Talcum

A soft, fine powder, often scented, used for personal hygiene.

Tyranny

Cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control.

Wrought

Caused or created, often with effort.