15 Unknown Vocabulary Terms To Kill A Mockingbird

Delaney Patterson 8/4/11 English 1

Acquiescence the act of acquiescing; agreement or consent without protest Umbrage Resentment or offense Spurious counterfeit; not true or genuine; false Fractious cross; peevish; irritable Voile thin, sheer fabric used for garments, such as curtains Morphodite a term used to describe a human or animal combining both male and female sexual characteristics or organs; comic slang pronunciation of hermaphrodite 7. Scuppernongs a golden-green grape of the southern U.S. 8. Temerity Recklessness; foolish or rash boldness; foolhardiness 9. Hookah a kind a water pipe associated with the Middle East, with a long flexible tube for drawing the smoke through water in a vase or bowl and cooling it. 10. Asafetida a bad-smelling gum resin obtained from various astatic plants of the umbel family it was formerly used to treat some illnesses or in folk medicine, to repel disease. 11. Palliation the lessening of pain or severity without actually curing; alleviation 12. Amanuensis secretary, an assistant who takes dictation or copies of something already written 13. Philippic- a bitter verbal attack. 14. Impedimenta things hindering progress, as on a trip; encumbrances; such as baggage, supplies, or equipment, as those carried along with an army. 15. Champertous an act by which a person not concerned in a lawsuit makes a bargain with one of the litigants to help maintain the cost of the suit in return for a share of any proceeds: illegal in most U.S. states. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.