ETERNAL VIGILANCE

I am Joranna and I am posting for Feng Yi.

• Jem waved my word away as if fanning gnats
  gnat-any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
  eg:He’s very slow at this work because he’s always straining at a gnat.
• Jen’s question was an appeal.
  appeal-a request for relief, aid, etc
  eg:Make an appeal to my mother.
• The second grade was grim.
  grim-stern; resolute,harsh or formidable in manner or appearance
  eg:I’ve had a grim day.
• Jem and I were trotting in our orbit one mild October afternoon when our knot-hole stopped us again.
  orbit-a range or field of action or influence; sphere
  eg:To move in an orbit.
• Mr Radley,ah-did you put cement in that hole in that tree down yonder.
  yonder-being at a distance, either within view or as if within view
  eg:He has walked to yonder hill.
• You reckon it’s white gold,Jem?
  reckon-to calculate or ascertain by calculating; compute
  eg:Do you still reckon him among your friends ?
• Jem no longer felt the necessity of ascertaining the hour every five minutes.
  ascertain-to determine or discover definitely,to make certain.
  eg:I am going to ascertain the truth.
• He had been on the verge of telling me something all evening.
  certain-positive and confident about the truth of something; convinced
  eg:She is on the verge of 90.
• That-chewing gum cleaved to her palate and rendered her speechless.
  render-to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action,to give or provide.
  eg:You have rendered great service.

•  For reason unfathomable to the most experienced prophets in Maycomb County.
  unfathomable-incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable,incomprehensible
  eg:No more can I look into the depths of this unfathomable water.
• For reason unfathomable to the most experienced prophets in Maycomb County.
  prophet-a person who predicts the future,a spokesman for a movement, doctrine, etc
  eg:She is a prophet.
• Jem and I were burdened with the guilt of contributing to the aberration of nature.
  aberration-deviation from what is normal, expected, or usualdeparture from truth, morality, etc
  eg:he’s behaviour is aberration.
• but her death caused hardly a ripple-the neighbourhood seldom saw her.
  ripple-a slight wave or undulation on the surface of water,a small wave or undulation in fabric, hair, etc
  eg:There were ripples on the pool as the wind grew stronger.
• Atticus looked sternly around his newpaper at me:’I did not’.
  stern-showing uncompromising or inflexible resolve; firm, strict, or authoritarian,relentless; unyielding
  eg:my mother is a stern teacher .
• Jem restrain me from further questions.
  restrain-to hold (someone) back from some action, esp by force,to limit or restrict
  eg:restrain myself when i was cring.
• Jem had a notion that Atticus thought our activities that night last summer were not solely confined to strip poker.
  solely-only; completely; entirely,for one thing only.
  eg:He is solely responsible this cless.
• Jem had a notion that Atticus thought our activities that night last summer were not solely confined to strip poker.
  strip-to take or pull (the covering, clothes, etc) off (oneself, another person, or thing)
  egh:he Strips to the waist.
• He said it was merely a twitch.
  twitch-to move or cause to move in a jerky spasmodic way,to hurt with a sharp spasmodic pain.
  eg:I felt someone twitch at my coat.
• Wedding invitation ,setting off the fire siren.
  invitation-the act of enticing or attracting;
  eg:I accept  an invitation.
• setting off the fire siren.
  siren-a device for emitting a loud wailing sound, esp as a warning or signal, typically consisting of a rotating perforated metal drum through which air or steam is passed under pressure
  eg:The siren wailed and woke everyone.
• When Atticus finally called us to order and bade us look at our plates instead of out the windows.
  bade-past tense of bid
  eg:She bade him come.
• ‘I haven’t the slightest idea’
  slightest-(usually follows `the’) most meager; “didn’t have the slightest chance”
  eg:I haven’t the slightest idea .
• Jem said if we waited until it snowed some more we could scrape it all up for a snowman.
  scrape-to move (a rough or sharp object) across (a surface), esp to smooth or clean,to move (a rough or sharp object) across (a surface), esp to smooth or clean
  eg:He scraped the side of his car.
• ‘Beautiful my hind foot!’
  hind-(esp of parts of the body) situated at the back or rear.
  eg:He’s being hind William.

• Leave a comment... (4)