To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab. Ch. 1-3

assuaged

soothed, calmed, mollified

piety

reverence for God; Godliness

taciturn

inclined to silence; reluctant to join in conversation

detachment

indifference; coolness; standoffish

eccentric

peculiar; odd

vapid

dull or tedious

predilection

tendency to think favorably; preference 

nebulous

vague; confused

condescend

to lower oneself (metaphorically)

indigenous

native; originating in a particular region

wallow

to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; usually followed by “in self-pity”

illicitly

unlawfully; illegal

pronouncement

a formal statement

vexations

irritations; annoyances

subsequent

occurring later or after

sojourn

a temporary stay or visit

speculation

consideration of a subject

dispensation

doing away with something

expound

to state in detail; to explain

iniquity

a gross injustice

furor

commotion, uprorar

contemptuous

scornful; disrespectful 

contentious

tending to argument; willingness to fight

amiable

friendly; sociable