NAME: __________________________________________________
PERIOD: __________
To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary Study
As we read, we will also study SAT vocabulary words used in the novel. On the chart, keep track of vocabulary words, definitions and synonyms. Then, write a
sentence using the word in reference to the novel and come up with some kind of “memory trick.” You will have a quiz each week over the words on each
page. The quizzes will build; you will be responsible for knowing the words from the previous week(s) and the new week.
WORD &
PART OF SPEECH
alleged (v)
QUICK DEFINITION &
SYNONYMS
asserted without proof;
supposed, suspected
disinclined to talk; silent
taciturn (adj)
vapid
repertoire
malevolent
predilection
foray
condescended
illicit
SENTENCE
It was alleged that Boo stabbed his father in the leg
with scissors.
MEMORY TRICK: PIC,
MNEMONIC, MOTION
PROOF
WORD &
PART OF SPEECH
indigenous
entailment
vexation
contemptuous
fractious
disapprobation
auspicious
arbitrate
mortifying
asinine
desolate
unfathomable
QUICK DEFINITION &
SYNONYMS
SENTENCE
MEMORY TRICK: PIC,
MNEMONIC, MOTION
WORD &
PART OF SPEECH
aberrations
perpetrated
adjacent
perplexity
ingenuous
analogous
wary
guilelessness
invective
vehemently
articulate
melancholy
QUICK DEFINITION &
SYNONYMS
SENTENCE
MEMORY TRICK: PIC,
MNEMONIC, MOTION
WORD &
PART OF SPEECH
premise
umbrage
rectitude
interdict
palliation
reconnaissance
undulate
cantankerous
altercation
habiliments
ecclesiastical
austere
QUICK DEFINITION &
SYNONYMS
SENTENCE
MEMORY TRICK: PIC,
MNEMONIC, MOTION
WORD &
PART OF SPEECH
prerogative
obliquely
infallible
futility
venerable
formidable
corroborate
acrimonious
haughty
impudent
unmitigated
temerity
QUICK DEFINITION &
SYNONYMS
SENTENCE
MEMORY TRICK: PIC,
MNEMONIC, MOTION
WORD &
PART OF SPEECH
cynical
credibility
furtive
adamant
sordid
impertinence
martyred
purloin
irascible
pinioned
garish
apprehensive
QUICK DEFINITION &
SYNONYMS
SENTENCE
MEMORY TRICK: PIC,
MNEMONIC, MOTION