tkm vocab examples

  1. ambled - They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of  the stores around it, took their time about everything.
  2. assuaged - When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were  assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury.
  3. asinine - Lastly, we  were to stay away from that house until we were invited there, we were not to  play an asinine game he had seen us playing or make fun of anybody on this street  or in this town-
  4. analogous - Had I ever harbored the mystical  notions about mountains that seem to obsess lawyers and judges, Aunt Alexandra  would have been analogous to Mount Everest: throughout my early life, she was  cold and there.
  5. inconspicuous - N/A
  6. antagonize - N/A
  7. formidable - N/A
  8. temerity - N/A
  9. notoriety - N/A
    1. edification - “No,” said Atticus, “putting his life’s history on display for the edification of the  neighborhood.” 
    2. indicative - N/A
    3. benevolence - Miss Maudie’s benevolence extended to Jem and Dill, whenever they paused in  their pursuits: we reaped the benefits of a talent Miss Maudie had hitherto kept  hidden from us.
    4. indigenous - The class  murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the  peculiarities indigenous to that region.
    5. auspicious - The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious than the first.
    6. prowess - Jem said Mr. Avery misfigured, Dill said he must drink a  gallon a day, and the ensuing contest to determine relative distances and  respective prowess only made me feel left out again, as I was untalented in this  area. 
    7. articulate - N/A
    8. garish - N/A
    9. uncouth - N/A
    10. infallible - N/A
    11. sundry - N/A
    12. rue - N/A
    13. rout - N/A
    14. taciturn - Their sister Alexandra was the  Finch who remained at the Landing: she married a taciturn man who spent most  of his time lying in a hammock by the river wondering if his trot-lines were full.
    15. discernible - Atticus kept us in fits that evening, gravely reading columns of print about a man  who sat on a flagpole for no discernible reason, which was reason enough for Jem  to spend the following Saturday aloft in the treehouse.
    16. inquisitive - If he wanted to stay inside his own house he had the right to stay inside free from  the attentions of inquisitive children, which was a mild term for the likes of us.
    17. innate - N/A
    18. tirade - N/A
    19. acquiescence - N/A
    20. acrimonious - N/A
    21. candid - N/A
    22. irascible - N/A
    23. diminutive - He was among the most diminutive of men, but when Burris Ewell turned toward  him, Little Chuck’s right hand went to his pocket.
    24. melancholy - It was a melancholy little drama, woven from bits and scraps of gossip and  neighborhood legend: Mrs. Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr.  Radley and lost all her money.
    25. procure - Jem procured some peachtree switches from the back yard, plaited them, and bent  them into bones to be covered with dirt. 
    26. prerogative - N/A
    27. curt - N/A
    28. vehement - N/A
    29. foray - Jem threw open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his  palm and ran back past us, not waiting to see if his foray was successful.
    30. condescend - Jem condescended to take me to school the first day, a job usually done by one’s  parents, but Atticus had said Jem would be delighted to show me where my room  was.
    31. erratic - It was then that Calpurnia requested my presence in the kitchen. She was furious, and when she was furious Calpurnia’s grammar became erratic.
    32. quibble - N/A
    33. provacation - N/A
    34. undulate - N/A
    35. succinct - N/A
    36. tedious - N/A
    37. squalid - N/A
    38. venue - N/A
    39. volition - N/A
    40. connive - N/A
    41. disapprobation - I’m afraid our activities would be received with considerable disapprobation by  the more learned authorities.