To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary
Across
- 4. superior ability or skill
- 8. to combine or mix
- 9. a deviation, or moving away from, something that is normal
- 10. kind and gentle, not causing harm
- 12. a skill one does or uses often
- 14. clear of a charge; find not guilty
- 17. careful in speech and actions to not offend or create an advantage
- 18. always ready to argue or fight
- 24. the tendency to be easily angry
- 25. having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority
- 26. disrespect
- 27. to lessen or to calm
- 30. a right or privilege
- 32. someone who often belittle or makes fun of someone else; someone who is only concerned with oneself
- 33. unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements
- 35. not truly owning something, so having no true rights to the property
- 36. rebuke; scold
- 37. pointing indirectly toward someone's guilt but not proving it
Down
- 1. a state of low honor or moral character
- 2. to overcome a challenge; to succeed; carry on
- 3. to excite some sort of feeling, often anger or irritation
- 5. odd or unusual behavior
- 6. gloomy; bad tempered/mood
- 7. done or doing constantly or as a habit
- 9. anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
- 11. someone who stays away from society and the company of others
- 13. favorable or successful
- 15. feeling or showing anger; having taken offense
- 16. everlasting; continuous
- 19. dull; no special or interesting qualities
- 20. showing strong feeling; passionate, forceful, intense
- 21. the state of being successful in material terms; flourishing financially
- 22. education or instruction
- 23. to separate; move apart
- 28. with deep and solemn respect
- 29. always ready to argue or fight
- 30. very great or intense; having or showing great knowledge or insight
- 31. dangerous; threatening; evil
- 34. a feeling of regret and guilt