To Kill a Mockingbird Ch. 4-8

auspicious (adj)

promising success; favorable

arbitrate (v)

decide between opposing sides

aloof (adv)

at a distance; apart

pestilence (n)

disease; something considered harmful

benevolence (n)

goodwill; charitableness

edification (n)

moral guidance

ramshackle (adj)

falling apart; rickety; shaky

desolate (adj)

isolated; lonely; solitary 

perpetual (adj)

never ending; everlasting

burdensome (adj)

troublesome; distressing

render (v)

to cause to become; to make

unfathomable (adj)

not understood; incomprehensible

aberration (n)

an oddity; departing from the usual course

feeble (adj)

weak; frail; lacking in strength

accost (v)

to approach and speak to someone boldly or aggressively

quell (v)

to suppress or put an end to; extinguish