TKAM Chapters 20-23 Vocabulary

Question 1

(V. )To perform or execute

Answer 1

Perpetrate

Question 2

(Adj.) Certain, validated.

Answer 2

Corroborative

Question 3

(N.) Something that corresponds with or is identical to something else.

Answer 3

Equivalent

Question 4

(Adj.) Unable to be edited or changed.

Answer 4

Rigid

Question 5

(N.) The seriousness of something wrong or illegal.

Answer 5

Enormity

Question 6

(N.) Illegally imported or exported goods.

Answer 6

Contraband

Question 7

(V.) To persist even in the face of difficulty

Answer 7

Persevere

Question 8

(N.) Confidence or boldness, audacity.

Answer 8

Temerity

Question 9

(Adj.) Concerned only with one’s opinion or interests.

Answer 9

Cynical

Question 10

(Adj.) Unethical or wrongful.

Answer 10

Immoral

Question 11

(V.) To free or clear someone from a criminal charge.

Answer 11

Acquit

Question 12

(Adj.) Indirectly pointing towards the guilt of someone without proving it.

Answer 12

Circumstantial

Question 13

(Adv.) Showing little emotion or expression when doing something.

Answer 13

Stolidly

Question 14

(Adj.) Unable to be escaped or avoided.

Answer 14

Inevitable

Question 15

“I had never encountered a being who deliberately ______ fraud against himself.”

Answer 15

perpetrated

Question 16

“absence of any ______ evidence, this man was indicted on a capital charge and is now on trial for his life”

Answer 16

Corroborative

Question 17

“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.”

Answer 17

Equivalent

Question 18

“She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a _____ and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever…”

Answer 18

rigid

Question 19

“She knew full well the ______ of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking…”

Answer 19

enormity

Question 20

“She did something every child has done–she tried to put the evidence of her offense away from her. But in this case she was no child hiding stolen _____…”

Answer 20

contraband

Question 21

“We do know in part what Mr. Ewell did: he did what any God-fearing, _____, respectable white man would do under the circumstances…”

Answer 21

Persevering

Question 22

“And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated ______ to ‘feel sorry….’”

Answer 22

Temerity

Question 23

“The witnesses for the state, with the exception of the sheriff of Maycomb County, have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the ______ confidence that you gentlemen would go along with them on the evil assumption”

Answer 23

cynical

Question 24

“You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are ______, some Negro men are not….”

Answer 24

Immoral

Question 25

“Eat slowly, now, you won’t miss anything important–and if the jury’s still out, you can wait with us. But I expect it’ll be over before you get back. ‘You think they’ll _____ him that fast?’”

Answer 25

Acquit

Question 26

“He did have deep misgivings when the state asked for and the jury gave a death penalty on purely _____ evidence.”

Answer 26

Circumstancial

Question 27

“In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life. ‘Doesn’t make it right ‘ said Jem _____. He beat his fist softly on his knee.”

Answer 27

Stolidly

Question 28

“That jury took a few hours. An ______ verdict, maybe, but usually it takes em just a few minutes.”

Answer 28

inevitable