To Kill a Mockingbird

1. To Kill a Mockingbird In-context Vocabulary Ch. 23-25

2. acquittal • “Given,” said Atticus. “Tom Robinson’s a colored man, Jem. No jury in this part of the world’s going to say, ‘We think you’re guilty, but not very,’ on a charge like that. It was either a straight acquittal or nothing.”

3. acquittal • Noun • A judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been charged: "the trial resulted in an acquittal".

4. arid • “It’s an easy question, Miss Mayella, so I’ll try again. Do you remember him beating you about the face?” Atticus’s voice had lost its comfortableness; he was speaking in his arid, detached professional voice. “Do you remember him beating you about the face?”

5. arid • Adjective • (of land or a climate) Having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation: "hot and arid conditions". • Lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning: "his arid years in suburbia". • Synonyms • dry - barren - droughty - jejune

6. exodus • As a rule, a recess meant a general exodus, but today people weren’t moving. Even the Idlers who had failed to shame younger men from their seats had remained standing along the walls. I guess Mr. Heck Tate had reserved the county toilet for court officials.

7. exodus • Noun • A mass departure of people, esp. emigrants. • The departure of the Israelites from Egypt. • Synonyms • departure

8. impudent • “Scared of arrest, scared you’d have to face up to what you did?” “No suh, scared I’d hafta face up to what I didn’t do.” “Are you being impudent to me, boy?” “No suh, I didn’t go to be.”

9. Impudent • Adjective • Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. • Synonyms • insolent - impertinent - shameless - barefaced - cheeky