1) word: edification
pronunciation: [ed-uh-fi-key-shuh n]
word origin: Middle English<Latin
definition: moral improvement or guidance
pg. 138
sentence: "Still, everything he read he passed along to me, but with this difference: formerly, because he thought I'd like it; now, for my edification and instruction.
word used on the web: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/edification
2) word: morphodite
pronunciation: [mor-fo-dyte]
word origin: N/A
definition: shortened version of a hermaphrodite
pg. 138
sentence: "You damn morphodite, I'll kill you!"
word used on the web: http://tkamchapter8.weebly.com/morphodite.html
3) word: tentative
pronunciation: [ten-tuh-tiv]
word origin: Medieval Latin<Latin
definition: unsure
pg. 139
sentence: "Jem made a tentative sweep under the bed."
word used on the web: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tentative
4) word: fortitude
pronunciation: [fawr-ti-tood, -tyood]
word origin: Middle English<Latin
definition: mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty
pg. 142
sentence: "He bore with fortitude her Wait Til I Get You Home, Your Folks Are Out of Their Minds Worryin', was quite calm during That's All the Harris in You Coming Out, smiled at her Reckon You Can Stay One Night, and returned the hug at long last bestowed upon him."
word used on the web: http://catholicism.about.com/od/beliefsteachings/p/Fortitude.htm
5) word: placid
pronunciation: [plas-id]
word origin: Latin
definition: pleasantly calm
pg. 144
sentence: "It had been a placid week: I had minded Aunty; Jem had outgrown the treehouse, but helped Dill and me construct a new rope ladder for it; Dill had hit upon a foolproof plan to make Boo Radley come out at no cost to ourselves (place a trail of lemon drops from the back door to the front yard an he'd follow it, like an ant).
word used on the web: http://thesaurus.com/browse/placid
6) word: begrudge
pronunciation: [bih-gruhj]
word origin: Middle English
definition: to be reluctant to give
pg. 145
sentence: "Trial'll probably be Monday. You can keep him one night, can't you? I don't think anybody in Maycomb'll begrudge me a client, with times this hard."
word used on the web: http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/begrudge
7) word: ominous
pronunciation: [om-uh-nuh s]
word origin: Latin
definition: threatening
pg. 146
sentence: "There was a murmur among the group of men, made more ominous when Atticus moved back to the bottom front step and the men drew nearer to him."
word used on the web: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/ominous
8) word: linotype
pronunciation: [lin-o-type]
word origin: N/A
definition: a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts and entire line as a single slug of metal.
pg. 148
sentence: "It was said that he made up every edition of The Maycomb Tribune out of his own head and wrote it down on the linotype."
word used on the web: http://www.linotype.com/
9) word: eccleiastical
pronunciation: [ih-klee-zee-as-ti-kuh l]
word origin: Late Middle English
definition: churchly
pg. 150
sentence: "Its fantasy was heightened by its red brick facade and the thick steel bars at its ecclesiastical windows."
word used on the web: http://www.ecclesiastical.com/
10) word: acquiescence
pronunciation: [ak-wee-es-uh ns]
word origin: N/A
definition: agreement without objection
pg. 152
sentence: "We were accustomed to prompt, if not always cheerful acquiescence to Atticus's instructions, but from the way he stood Jem was not thinking of budging."
word used on the web: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/acquiescence
