Vocab Wizard -Crystal Koh
Chapter 2 -To kill a mocking bird

Here are the meanings of the chapter 2; To kill a mocking bird noval.

1)Hours of wintertime had found me in the tree-house looking over at the school yard, spying on multitudes of children through a two-power telescope Jem had given me, learning thier games, following Jem’s red jacket through wriggling circles of blind man’s bluff, secretly sharing their misfortunes and minor victories.

1. Multitudes of children : ‘Multitudes’ means: A very great number. Hence, multitudes of children means there were many children..
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-There were multitudes of people crowding around Mr Blacksmith to hear his interesthing story.

2. Minor Victories: In dictionar ‘Minor’ means: Small. Hence, the sentence was trying to say Jem and ‘me’ secretly shared small victories.

2) Jem condescended to take me to school the first day, a job usally done by one’s parents, but Atticus had said Jem would be delighted to show me where my room was.

3. Condescended means: To deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner.
The sentence was trying to say that Jem going to bring ‘me’ to school the first day. (The behavior was behave like one’s parent. )

3) The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbour her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.

4. Peculiarities: a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
5. Indigenous: innate; inherent; natural

4) I never deliberately learned to read, but somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily papers.
6. Illicitly: Not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.

The sentence is trying to say that ‘I’ was not supposed to read newspaper as it was not allowed by the rules but ‘I’ kept wallowing reading it.

5) I turned around and saw most of the town people and the entire bus delegaion looking at me.
7. Delegation: A group of people who represent a company/organisation, etc.
In this case, it is neither a company/organisation. It is the white people who looked at ‘me’.

6) With christmas came a crate of smilax and holly.
8. Smilax: A slender vine (Asparagus asparagoides) that has glossy foliage and is popular as a floral decoration.

7) Entaliment (Page 23) was only part of Mr Cunningham’s vexations.
9. Entaliment: to make it necessary to do something
10. Vexations: to make someone feel annoyed or worried.

The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made went to interest.
11. Acres: A unit for measuring area
12. Entailed: To make it necessary to do something
Example: Changing the computer system would entail substantial being on on call 24 hours a day.

9) I would saved myself some inconvinience and Miss Caroline subsequent mortification, but it was beyond my ability to explain things as well as Atticus, so I said “You’re shaming him, Miss Caroline. Walter hasn’t got a quater at home to bring you, and you can’t use any stovewood.”
13. Mortification: To feel extremly embarassed or ashamed.

10) My sojourn in the corner was a short one.
14. Sojourn: literacy a short period of time that you stay in a place that is not you home.

If there’s any other vocabulary words, please kindly post comment under this post with the full sentence in that particular word.

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Vocab Wizard -Crystal Koh
Chapter 5 -To kill a mocking bird

1. But I kept aloof from thier more foolhardly schmes for a while, and on pain of being a girl, I spent most of the remaining twilights that summer sitting with Miss Maudie Atkinson on her front porch.

2. Until Jem and Dill excluded me from thier plans, she was only another lady in the neighbourhood, but a relatively benigh presence.

3. She was a widow, a chamelon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw and men’s coveralls, but after her five o’clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the street in magisterial beauty.

4. ..’ Miss Maudie’s face likened such an occurence unto an Old testament pestilence.

5. Miss Maudie’s benevolence extended to Jem, and Dill, whenever they paused in thier pursuits: ..

6. Apparently deciding that it was easier to define primitive baptistry then closed communion..

7. What Mr Radley did might seem peculiar to us, but it did not seem peculiar to him.

8. Lastly, we were tto stay away from that  house until we were invited there, we were not to play an asinine game he had seen us playing or make fun of anybody on this street or in this town -

9. ..’putting his life’s history on display for the edification of the neighbourhood.’

10. Jem decided there was no point in quibbling, and was slient.

If there’s any other words you don’t understand the meaning, please kindly post a comment under this post with the full sentence of that particular word.

* I will post the meaning soon. This post is just a list of sentences regarding the difficult words.

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Vocab Wizard -Crystal Koh
Chapter 4 -To kill a mocking bird

1. Calpurnia’s tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of general disapproval.

2. Mrs Dubose lived two doors up the street from us; neighbourhood opinion was unanimous that Mrs Dubose was the meanest old qoman who ever lived.

3. Plucking an pccasional camellia, getting a squirt of hot milk from Miss Maudie Atkinson’s cow on a summer day, helping ourselves to someone’s scuppernongs was a part of our ethical culture, but money was diffferent.

4. Lemonade in the middle of the morning was a sumemrtime ritual.

5. His worth perfomance was Gothic.

6. Jem’s evasion told me our game was a secret, so I kept quiet.

If there’s any other words you don’t understand the meaning, please kindly post a comment under this post with the full sentence of that particular word.

* I will post the meaning soon. This post is just a list of sentences regarding the difficult words.

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Heres the link for Chapter 5’s mindmap.

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Heres the link for Chapter 4 (:

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 I have some difficulties posting the mindmap so .. heres the link for Chapter 3.

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Vocab Wizard -Crystal Koh
Chapter 3 -To kill a mocking bird

1. He examined Walter with air of speculation.

2. ‘Almost died first year I come to school and et them pecans – folks say he pizened ‘em and put ‘em over on the school side of the fence.’

3. Atticus was expounding upon farm problems when Walter interrupted to ask if there was any molasses bearing the syrup pitcher.

4. She was furious, and when she was furious, Calpurnia’s grammar became eratic.

5. When in tranquillity, her grammar was as good as anybody’s in Maycomb.

6. Atticus said Calpurnia had more education than most coloured folks.

7. Jem and Walter returned to school ahead of me: staying behind to advise Atticus of Calpurnia’s iniquities was worth a solitary sprint past the Radley Place.

8. I returned to school and hated Calpurnia steadily until a sudden shriek shattered my resentments.

9. Little Chuck Little, whose patience with all living things was phenomenal, said, ‘Which way did he go, Miss Caroline? Tell us where he went quick! D.C -’..

10. Miss Caroline watched the process in horrid fascination.

11. He gave a short contemptuous snort.

12. Burris Ewell was flattered by the recital.

13. The boy’s condescension flashed to anger.

14. He was among the most diminutive of men, butwhen Burris Ewell turned towards him, Little Chuck’s right hand went to his pocket.

15. My replies were monosyllabic and he did not press me.

16. ..Besides, they’d put me in jail if I kept you at hoome – dose of magnesia for you tonight and school tomorrow.’

17. When he complted his examination of the wristaria vine he strolled back to me.

18. In certain circumstances the common folk judiciously allowed them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewells’ activities.

19. In Maycomb country, hunting out of season was a misdemeanour at law, a capital felony in the eyes of the populace.

If there’s any other words you don’t understand the meaning, please kindly post a comment under this post with the full sentence of that particular word.

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