To Kill a Mockingbird

Vocab Chapters 11-15

Degradation (n) - a state of low honor or low moral character

Propensities (n) - inclinations or tendencies

Skulked (v) - to move or slink about in a sinister manner

Contentious (adj) - always ready to argue

Denunciation (n) - to strongly disapprove of or condemn something

Curtness (n) - be brief and short to the point of being rude

Tactful (adj) - to say the right thing without being offensive

Antagonize (v) - to oppose or make angry

Futility (n) - uselessness; hopelessness

Stifle (v) - to hold back; suppress