Inherit the Wind Vocabulary List #1

1. sovereign (adj.) – having supreme rank or power

2. effrontery (noun) – brazen boldness; presumptuousness

3. imbecility (noun) – great stupidity or foolishness

4. perfunctory (adj.) – done routinely and with little interest or care

5. agnostic (noun) – one who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism

6. prolific (adj.) – producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile

7. meditative (adj.) – persistently or morbidly thoughtful

8. mélange (noun) – a mixture; an assortment of things

9. precedent (noun) – convention or customs arising from long practice

10. reconvene (verb) – to meet again; to call or come together again

Inherit the Wind Vocabulary List #2

1. exultant (adj.) – marked by great joy or jubilation; triumphant

2. paradox (noun) – a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true

3. converging (verb) – to come together from different directions; to meet

4. obscure (adj.)– not readily noticed or seen; inconspicuous

5. assails (verb) – to attack with or as if with violent blows; to attack

6. preposterous (adj.)- contrary to reason, nature, or common sense; absurd

7. impassive (adj.) – devoid of or not subject to emotion

8. extradite (verb) – to hand over to authorities

9. patriarch (noun) – a man who rules a family, clan or tribe

10. indict (verb) – to accuse of wrongdoing; charge