1. To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 26-31 Vocabulary

2. alleged Adj./v. declared, but not proved

3. astound V. affect with wonder

4. barely Adv. in a sparse or scanty way

5. cease V. put an end to a state or an activity

6. clarify V. make clear and more comprehensible

7. competent Adj. properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient

8. conceive V. have the idea for

9. dismay N. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

10. dreadful Adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing

11. elude V. escape, either physically or mentally

12. escort V./N. to accompany or attend; one who accompanies or attends In 2013, this young man escorted his grandmother to the prom because she never had the chance to attend her own.

13. flounder V. behave awkwardly; have difficulties

14. frantically Adv. in an uncontrolled manner

15. gait N. a person’s manner of walking

16. inconvenience N./Adj./V. something that is not useful; the quality of not being useful; to cause discomfort