GACS - Am Lit - English 10 - To Kill A Mockingbird - Vocab

malevolent

wishing evil/harm on someone (evil influence)

predilection

preference/choice, tendency

ambled

walking slowly

iniquities

wicked, wrongdoings, sins (of wickedness)

contemptuous

scornful, disdainful

diminutive

small/tiny

condescension

patronizing (air of superiority)

disapprobation

disapproval

tacit

unspoken, understood, implied

benevolence

charitable good nature, good will, kindness

asinine

foolish, stupid

edification

instruction, moral guidance

malignant

harmful

unfathomable

difficult to comprehend or understood

aberrations

deviation from the norm

accosted

to approach with the intention of speaking to

contemporaries

peers

interrogation

questioning

apoplectic

full of intense rage (verge of a stroke)

livid

abnormal color from rage, angry, enraged

rectitude

moral uprightness

haughty

snobbish, arrogant

innate

inborn (from birth)

elusive

evasive, tendency to escape

curtness

abruptness, shortness

pensive

thoughtful

placid

calm, undisturbed, peaceful

oblivious

unaware

succinct

concise

acquiescence

consent, agreement

uncouth

crude, unrefined

encumbered

burdened, weighed down

formidable

causing fear or dread or awe

acromonious

stinging, hostile, caustic

tenet

principle, doctrine

lavations

baths, washings

volition

will or choice

peeved

irritated or annoyed