True Grit Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

Heathen

A structure for the hanging of criminals

A very small amount or a very tiny creature

A traveling salesperson

A person who does not belong to a widely held religion

Gallows

Unimportant

The capture of a criminal

A structure for the hanging of criminals

A garment or length of cloth for a dead person

Coroner

A cowardly fellow

An official who investigates deaths

Sulked

To bargain over the price of something

Shroud

A garment or length of cloth for a dead person

Sulked

To withdraw from a job or position

A person who does not belong to a widely held religion

Catechism

People who are not respectable; undesirable people

A summary of the principles of Christian religion

Rude and showing lack of respect

Unimportant

Haggle

Action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry

A very small amount or a very tiny creature

A cowardly fellow

To bargain over the price of something

Embalming

The process of preserving a dead body from decay

To withdraw from a job or position

A traveling salesperson

A cowardly fellow

Apprehension

Rude and showing lack of respect

Sulked

The capture of a criminal

Action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry

Trifling

An official who investigates death

To bargain over the price of something

A very small amount or a very tiny creature

Unimportant

Cur

A cowardly fellow

To bargain over the price of something

A traveling salesperson

A garment or length of cloth for a dead person

Puffed up

Spirit

Overly proud

Ability to perform or produce

Selecting individuals who will serve on a jury

Capacity

Not showing due respect for another person

Implied, hinted at or suggested

Not in proportion with; inadequate

Ability to perform or produce

Benighted

Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness

Character of a person who has committed a serious crime

Not in proportion with; inadequate

A characteristic or distinct quality

Soliloquy

Legalized by a person licensed by the state

Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud, even when no one is listening

The process of taking a case through court

Felonious

Character of a person who has committed a serious crime

Selecting individuals who will serve on a jury

Spirit

Declaring someone free from blame, guilt, or responsibility

Spunk

Not in proportion with; inadequate

Spirit

A characteristic or distinct quality

Overly proud

Notarized

Legalized by a person licensed by the state

Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness

Ability to perform or produce

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud, even whon no one is listening

Stamp

Spirit

Selecting individuals who will serve on a jury

Legalized by a person licensed by the state

A characteristic or distinct quality

Empaneling

Not in proportion with; inadequate

Overly proud

Selecting individuals who will serve on a jury

Being in a state or moral or intellectual darkness

Absolving

Declaring someone free from blame, guilt, or responsibilty

Not showing due respect for another person

Spirit

A characteristic or distinct quality

True Grit Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

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