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To Kill a Mockingbird. Vocabulary #3. auspicious . favoring success. quell. extinguish; put down; quiet. edify. instruct; correct morally. accost. to confront boldly. libel. defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person’s character. afflict. to cause suffering.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary #3
auspicious • favoring success
quell • extinguish; put down; quiet
edify • instruct; correct morally
accost • to confront boldly
libel • defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person’s character
afflict • to cause suffering
ingenuous • naïve and trusting; unsophisticated
degenerate • become worse; deteriorate
undulate • move with a wavelike motion
viscous • sticky; gluey
innate • inborn
obscure • make unclear
resilient • elastic; having the power of springing back
infallible • unerring; perfect