TKAM Vocabulary: Chapters 6-11

Question 1

Because Atticus is so calm, Scout and Jem never expect a ___________from him when they get into trouble.

Accepted Answer

tirade

Question 2

JP was ____________ about Michigan football: he painted his room blue and maize; he owns a different jersey for each day

Accepted Answer

fanatical

Question 3

Scout says that talking to Cousin Francis is _________________ to settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.

Accepted Answer

analogous

Question 4

Atticus is _________ that his kids not fight back when they hear disgustingly racist comments from classmates.

Accepted Answer

vehement

Question 5

I've always been _________ by racists; I never understood why people would spend their time hating others.

Accepted Answer

perplexed

Question 6

While Old Guy Marc Usman likes top-text, bottom-text memes, his son says that those memes are a bit ____________.

Accepted Answer

passe

Question 7

Cecil Jacobs ______________ Scout by calling her father an N lover.

Accepted Answer

provokes

Question 8

At my age, nothing really ___________me anymore, except maybe my own grammatical mistakes.

Accepted Answer

mortifies

Question 9

Boo Radley leaves a _______________ spelling bee medal in the knothole.

Accepted Answer

tarnished

Question 10

Even if Atticus isn't the hero we thought he was, he does give readers many words of wisdom to _____________by.

Accepted Answer

abide

Questions 10