A jury Of Her Peers- (P 371)

1. "Then, as if releasing herself from soemthing strange, Mrs. Hale began to arrange the dirty pans under the sink, which the county attorney's disdainful push of the foot had deranged"

2. My Guess: I thought the word "disdainful" meant strong or powerful.

3. Definition: The word disdain means disrespect so disdainful would mean disrespectful.
Th definition of this word comes from using my computer's online dictionary. 

4. The reason why assumed that Disdainful meant strong or powerful because the man used his foot to push something, so he applied forced on it. Good to know another new word.