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To Kill a Mockingbird. In-context Vocabulary Chapters 15-18. placid (144).
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To Kill a Mockingbird In-context Vocabulary Chapters 15-18
placid (144) • It had been a placid week: I had minded Aunty; Jem had outgrown the treehouse, but helped Dill and me construct a new rope ladder for it; Dill had hit upon a foolproof plan to make Boo Radley come out at no cost to ourselves.
placid (144) • Pleasantly calm or peaceful
venerable (150) • The Maycomb jail was the most venerable and hideous of the county’s buildings.
venerable (150) • Commanding respect because of great age or dignity
acrimonious (171) • We could tell, however, when debate became more acrimonious than professional, but this was from watching lawyers other than our father.
acrimonious (171) • Caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature • Similar to acrid or acid
tenet (177) • Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don’t already know the answer was a tenet I absorbed with my baby-food.
tenet (177) • An opinion, principle, belief, position, doctrine
mollified (180) • Mollified, Mayella gave Atticus a final terrified glance and said to Mr. Gilmer, “Well sir, I was on the porch and…”
mollified (180) • To soften in feeling or temper