To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary list #2

cleave

1. split or sever (some-thing), especially along a natural line or grain

2. stick fast to

futility

pointlessness or unlessness

garish

obtrusively bright and showy; lurid

inconspicous

not clearly visible or attracting attention’ not conspicuous

malignant

1. malevolent

2. (of a disease) very virulent or infectious

perpetrate

carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)

perpetual

never ending or changing. occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted

prerogative

a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

succinct

(especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed

wane

have a progressively smaller part if its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decease in size.