TKAM vocabulary Chapter 11-20

A shock of wispy new-washed hair stood up from his forehead; his nose was thin, pointed, and shiny; he had no chin to speak of-it seemed to be part of his crepey neck.
"-so help me God," he crowed.

Instead, Maycomb grew and sprawled out from its hub, Sinkfield's Tavern, because Sinkfield reduced his guests to myopic drunkenness one evening, induced them to bring forward their maps and charts, lop off a little here, add a bit there, and adjust

They were sullen-looking, sleepy-eyed men who seemed unused to late hours.

Her bottom plate was not in, and her upper lip protruded; from time to time she would draw her nether lip to her upper plate and carry her chin with it.

We asked Miss Maudie to elucidate: she said Miss Stephanie seemed to know so much about the case she might as well be called on to testify.

When asked upon what grounds, Judge Taylor said, "Champertous connivance," and declared he hoped to God the litigants were satisfled by each having had their public say.

He was from Abbottsville; we saw him only when court convened, and that rarely, for court was of no special interest to Jem and me.

I whispered, and got a terse, "Sh-h!"

We skulked around the kitchen until Calpurnia threw us out.

Here Judge Taylor glanced sharply at the witness and must have decided his speculations devoid of evil intent, for he subsided sleepily.

He sighed, and said rape was carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent.

The varmints had a lean time of it, for the Ewells gave the dump a thorough gleaning every day, and the fruits of their industry (those that were not eaten) made the plot of ground around the cabin look like the playhouse of an insane child: what p

Jem made a tentative swipe under the bed.

Below us, heads turned, feet scraped the floor, babies were shifted to shoulders, and a few children scampered out of the courtroom.

I did not remember our mother, but Jem, did-he would tell me about her sometimes-and he went livid when Mrs. Dubose shot us this message.

In Maycomb County, it was easy to tell when someone bathed regularly, as opposed to yearly lavations: Mr. Ewell had a scalded look; as if an overnight soaking had deprived him of protective layers of dirt, his skin appeared to be sensitive to the e

Atticus looked pensive.

Aunt Alexandra, in underlining the moral of young Sam Merriweather's suicide, said it was caused by a morbid streak in the family.

Jem's chin would come up, and he would gaze at Mrs. Dubose with a face devoid of resentment.

The Reverend took a long time unwindin' this morning, he's not usually so tedious."