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TKAM Vocabulary Chapters 18-23

Terms in this set (58)

requiring or using great exertion
strenuous
bring or recall to the conscious mind
evoked
an event or a series of activities involving a formal or set procedure
proceedings
the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement
neutrality
done without will or conscious control
involuntary
lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning
arid
too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous
tedious
with extreme tiredness
wearily
(of a person or a person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently
articulate
a mass departure of people
exodus
a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law
testimony
the faculty or power of using one's will
volition
an animal, plant, piece of mineral, used as a example of its species or type for science
specimen
a subtle distinction, feature, or argument
subtlety
not weakened or damaged
unimpaired
go beyond what is allowed or stipulated by
exceed
erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant)
expunge
truthful and straightforward; frank
candid
make continue indefinitely
perpetuate
paying close attention to something
attentive
a person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc
equivalent
not able to be changed or adapted
rigid
the great extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong
enormity
goods that have been imported or exported illegally
contraband
maintain (something) in its original or existing state
preserve
excessive confidence or boldness, audacity
temerity
concerned only with one's own interest and typically disregarding accepted or appropriate standards in order to achieve them
cynical
the quality of someone's character or the level of their ability
caliber
not conforming to accepted standards of morality
immoral
When the young girl sat facing us in the witness chair, she became what she was, a thick - bodied girl accustomed to __________ labor.
strenuous
Mayella's hostility, which had a subsided to grudging __________, flared again. "You makin' fun o'me agin, Mr. Finch?"
neutrality
"Atticus, let's get on with the __________, and let the record show that the witness has not been sassed, her view to the contrary."
proceedings
Judge Taylor was not the kind of figure that ever __________ pity, but I did feel a pang for him as he tried to explain.
evoked
Atticus would ask a question, then look out, waiting for an answer. He did not see her __________ jump, but it seemed to me that he knew she had moved.
involuntary
Mayella's face was a mixture of terror and fury. Atticus sat down __________ and polished his glasses with his handkerchief.
wearily
As a rule, a recess meant a general __________, but today people weren't moving.
exodus
"There're only a few more. Miss Mayella, not to be __________, you've testified that the defendant hit you, grabbed you around the neck, choked you, and took advantage of you."
tedious
Atticus's voice had lost its comfortableness; he was speaking in his __________, detached professional voice.
arid
Suddenly Mayella became __________. "I got somethin' to say," she said.
articulate
"Until my father explained it to me later, I did not understand the __________ of Tom's predicament: he would not have dared strike a white woman under any circumstances and expect to live long, so he took the first opportunity to run—a sure sign of guilt"
subtlety
If he had been whole, he would have been a fine __________ of a man.
specimen
As Tom Robinson gave his __________, it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world.
testimony
Judge Taylor was wide awake and roaring. He was also pink in the face. His speech was miraculously __________ by his cigar.
unimpaired
He seemed to be a respectable man, and a respectable man would never go up into somebody's yard of his own __________.
volition
Judge Taylor told the reporter to __________ anything he happened to have written down after Mr. Finch if you were a man like me you'd be scared too, and told the jury to disregard the interruption.
expunge
He was fascinating. I had never encountered a being who deliberately __________ fraud against himself.
perpetuated
I remembered something he had said about Judge Taylor's ex cathedra remarks something __________ his duty, but that few lawyers ever did anything about them.
exceeding
"You're very __________ about this, why did you run so fast?"
candid
"In this case she was no child hiding stolen contraband: she struck out at her victim - of necessity she must pity him away from her - he must be removed from her presence, from this world."
contraband
"I cannot pity her; she is white. She knew full well the __________ of her offense."
enormity
"She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a __________ and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with."
rigid
He walked slowly up and down in front of the jury, and the jury seemed to be __________: their heads were up, and they followed Atticus's route with what seemed to be appreciation.
attentive
He never loosened a scrap of his clothing until he undressed at bedtime, and to Jem and me, this was the __________ of him standing before us stark naked.
equivalent
"And so a quiet, respectable, humble man who had the unmitigated __________ to 'feel sorry' for a white woman has had to put his appearance and conduct on the stand - you saw them for yourselves."
temerity
"We do know in part what Mr. Ewell did: he did what any God-fearing, __________, respectable white man would do under the circumstances - he swore out a warrant, no doubt signing it with his left hand, Tom Robinson now sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he processes - his right hand."
persevering
"They are not to be trusted around our women, and evil assumption one associates with minds of their __________."
caliber
"There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an __________ thing, and there is no man living who has never looked upon a women without desire."
immoral
"The witness of the state have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the __________ confidence that their testimony would not be doubted."
cynical
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