What is some vocabulary from to kill a mockingbird

consult

seek information from

We were far too old to settle an argument with a fist-fight, so we consulted Atticus.

unsullied

spotlessly clean and fresh

Atticus's office in the courthouse contained little more than a hat rack, a spittoon, a checkerboard and an unsullied Code of Alabama.

satisfactory

meeting requirements

Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment.

tyrannical

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule

She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember.

absence

failure to be present

Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence.

revelation

an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

Dill had seen Dracula, a revelation that moved Jem to eye him with the beginning of respect.

concede

be willing to yield

It was all right to shut him up, Mr. Radley conceded, but insisted that Boo not be charged with anything: he was not a criminal.

employ

put into service

Nobody knew what form of intimidation Mr. Radley employed to keep Boo out of sight, but Jem figured that Mr. Radley kept him chained to the bed most of the time.

decline

refuse to accept

In all his life, Jem had never declined a dare.

foray

a sudden short attack

Jem threw open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran back past us, not waiting to see if his foray was successful.

miserable

very unhappy

We saw him off on the five o'clock bus and I was miserable without him until it occurred to me that I would be starting to school in a week.

condescend

do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

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

compel

force somebody to do something

Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.

byron utilizes literary techniques to emphisize the illustration of the woman in the poem “she walks in beauty”.

for instance, he uses alliteration to use repetitive consonant sounds when he is writing a word at the beginning of a phrase. he uses personification to give personality to a thing or action. he uses imagery when he is describing the woman. we also can find metaphors to better compare a moment.

these techniques add to the reader’s experience of beauty when the author describes the woman physical beauty and the purity of her mind, using imagery.  

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