Chapter 11 — Vocabulary
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter 11
- philippic (noun)
- A bitter, verbal attack or denunciation; a tirade.
- umbrage (noun)
- Offense or annoyance, especially at a perceived slight.
- apoplectic (adjective)
- Overcome with extreme anger; furious to the point of near-physical collapse.
- palliation (noun)
- The act of making something less severe or painful without curing the underlying cause.
- interdict (noun)
- An authoritative prohibition or order forbidding something.
- viscous (adjective)
- Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
- rectitude (noun)
- Morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness.
- tirade (noun)
- A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.
- beholden (adjective)
- Owing something to another; indebted or under obligation.
- camellia (noun)
- An evergreen shrub or small tree with showy flowers, native to eastern Asia and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- cantankerous (adjective)
- Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
- propensity (noun)
- A natural inclination or tendency toward a particular behavior.
- morphine (noun)
- A powerful opiate drug used as a painkiller, highly addictive with severe withdrawal symptoms.
- undulate (verb)
- To move with a smooth, wavelike motion.