To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab: Chapters 16-19

predicament

A difficult situation

grudge

A feeling of resentment

pilgrimage

A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes

subpoena

A legal document summoning someone to court

countenance

A person's face or facial expression

acrimonious

Angry and bitter

scrutiny

Critical observation or examination

gullet

Indentation in one side of a ciliate that allows food to enter the cell

frank

Open, honest

brash

Prone to act in a hasty manner

profane

Showing contempt toward sacred things

expunge

To erase or eliminate

browbeating

intimidating; bullying

acquainted

made familiar with

lurched

moved with a sudden jerking motion

corroborating

supporting with evidence or authority

proceedings

the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

lavations

to refresh or soothe as if by washing

volition

will; conscious choice

wrathfully

with intense anger