Vocabulary, Allusions, Idioms Chapter 1 ambled

are concerned, no matter how the economy of the country might change, their situation wasalways the same. They were always poor.edge (n.): sharpnessgardenia (n.): a large, fragrant flower.genially (adv.): in a friendly mannergeraniums (n.): flowering plants.gullet (n.): throat; neckheaved (vb.): liftedimport (n.): importanceinfinite (adj.): endlessirrelevant'n'immaterial (adj.): "irrelevant and immaterial" Irrelevant means not relative; notrelated (to something). Immaterial means unimportant. The judge is saying that whether or notMr. Ewell can read and write is not related and unimportant to the case.load o'kindlin' (n.): "load of kindling." Kindling is generally made up of dry twigs, branches,etc.; materials useful for starting a firenamesake (n.): the person one is named after. In this case, Mr. Ewell's namesake is the leader ofthe Confederate Army, Robert E. Lee.prosperity (n.): good fortune; wealthquelling (vb.): quieting; calmingrefuse (n.): garbageruttin' on (vb.): In this instance, the term is used to indicate that, according to Mr. Ewell, TomRobinson was having sexual intercourse with his daughter. It should be noted that this term isalmost exclusively reserved for use in describing the mating habits of animals, not people.skewed (adj.): turnedslop jars (n.): large pails usually used to receive waste water from a wash basin or the contentsof a chamber potsmugness (n.): To be smug is to be highly self-satisfied; to think a lot of oneself. Mr. Ewell'ssmugness, or appearance of self-satisfaction, shows on his face.