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Harper Lee

TKAM Vocab List. Harper Lee. Week 1 Vocab. amiable (adj.): friendly contemptuous (adj.): To be contemptuous is to have the feeling that someone or something is beneath you; that it or they are worthless. melancholy (adj.): sad and gloomy

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Harper Lee

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  1. TKAM Vocab List Harper Lee

  2. Week 1 Vocab amiable (adj.): friendly contemptuous (adj.): To be contemptuous is to have the feeling that someone or something is beneath you; that it or they are worthless. melancholy (adj.): sad and gloomy cordiality (n.): sincere affection and kindness eerily (adv.): weirdly; mysteriously perpetrated (vb.): carried out; committed quelled (vb.): To quell is to overwhelm something until it is powerless analogous (adj.): similar; comparable compensation (n.): To compensate means to pay for something or to make up for something. indicative (adj.): Something that is indicative of something shows or displays something.

  3. Week 1 Vocab Practice PracticeExercise1: List 5 words from the previous list. For each word think of 3 to 5 synonyms that relate to the word. Ex. Abundant – plentiful, copious, rich Plaintive – mournful, sorrowful, wistful, sad. Peruse- examine, inspect, read carefully, scrutinize Dainty– elegant, delicate, refined Rhetoric – oratory, pomposity, speech-making

  4. Week 1 Story Round Table PracticeExercise2: Get into a group of 3 Write a sentence using one of the vocabulary words. You must attempt to tell a story. 3) Pass the page to the person to the right. 4) Add a sentence to your partner’s story. 5) Repeat for 6 words.

  5. Week 2 Vocab Impudent(adj.): disrespectful; bold; sassy Repertoire(n.): accomplishments; skills. Discernible(adj.): understandable Rigid(adj.): stiff Inconspicuous(adj.) To be conspicuous is to attract attention. To be inconspicuous is to do the opposite; to not attract attention.

  6. Week 2 Vocab Vaguely(adv.): to be vague is to be unclear or not precise Livid(adj.): pale; lead-colored. Livid can also mean red, as in the color someone's face gets when that person becomes angry. Diligently(adv.): industriously; in a hard-working manner Myopic(adj): Myopia is an abnormal eye condition, often called nearsightedness. Someone who is myopic cannot see objects clearly. Succinct(adj.): clear and brief

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