Vocab 7

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