1. To Kill a Mockingbird In-context Vocabulary Chapters 19-20

2. Volition (p. 192) I found myself believing him in spite of his protesting too much. He seemed to be a respectable Negro, and a respectable Negro would never go up into somebody’s yard of his own volition.

3. Volition (p. 192) The act of willing, choosing, deciding

4. Expunge (p. 196) Judge Taylor told the reporter to expunge anything he happened to have written down after Mr. Finch if you were a…

5. Expunge (p. 196) To strike or blot out Erase Obliterate

6. Impudent (p. 198) Are you being impudent to me boy?

7. Impudent (p. 198) Characterized by offensive boldness

8. Aridity (p. 203) His voice had lost its aridity, its detachment, and he was talking to the jury as if they were folks on the post office corner.

9. Aridity (p. 203) Dryness Barrenness Lack of interest

10. Temerity (p. 204) And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to “feel sorry” for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people’s.

11. Temerity (p. 204) Reckless boldness Rashness