TKAM
Amazing Grace
Vocab 7A
Vocab 7A2
Grammar
100

How old is Mayella Ewell?

19

100

Who was William Wilberforce?

An English abolitionist politician

100

(int.) "Farewell!"; (n.) a farewell

adieu

100

(n.) a large city; the chief city of an area

metropolis

100

Write do not as a contraction. 

don't

200

Why can’t Miss Maudie serve on a jury?  

She's a women

200

What was the original job of Amazing Grace lyricist John Newton?

Slave trader 

200

(n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view

advent 

200

Dangerous 

perilous

200

The plural form of the word "man"

men

300

On which side of her face was Mayella Ewell beaten?

Her right side

300

Who was Thomas Clarkson?

An abolitionist who demonstrated how devices are used on slaves

300

(adj.) unreasonably high; excessive

exorbitant

300

(adj.) of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship

shoddy

300

The correct abbreviation of the word "Reverend"

Rev.

400

When a jury returns to a courtroom, according to Scout, how can a person tell what a jury’s decided even before the verdict is read aloud by the judge?

They refuse to look at the defendant. 

400

Who was William Pitt?

The Prime Minister of England during the Napoleonic Wars

400

(v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

inundate

400

n.) an idle wanderer, tramp; (adj.) wandering aimlessly

vagrant

400

What is an idiom? 

A group of words that we have created to mean something they don't normally mean. 

500

As Atticus is finishing his closing remarks, she notices he’s done something she’s never seen him do before. What is it?

Sweat

500

What is main duty of Parliament?

The duty was to approve or reject bills

500

(v.) to speak evil of, slander; (adj.) evil

malign

500

noisy; unruly, disorderly

obstreperous

500

What is an independent clause? 

An independent clause is a clause that can stand by itself.