To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 26-31
Vocabulary
alleged

Adj./v. declared, but not proved
astound

V. affect with wonder
barely

Adv. in a sparse or scanty way
cease

V. put an end to a state or an activity
clarify

V. make clear and more comprehensible
competent

Adj. properly or sufficiently qualified or
capable or efficient
conceive

V. have the idea for
dismay

N. the feeling of despair in the face of
obstacles
dreadful

Adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing
elude

V. escape, either physically or mentally
escort

V./N. to accompany or attend; one who
accompanies or attends
In 2013, this young man escorted
his grandmother to the prom
because she never had the
chance to attend her own.
flounder

V. behave awkwardly; have difficulties
frantically

Adv. in an uncontrolled manner
gait

N. a person’s manner of walking
inconvenience

N./Adj./V. something that is not useful; the
quality of not being useful; to cause
discomfort