To Kill a Mockingbird Chps 5-8 Vocab

aloof

distant; unfeeling

benevolence

inclination to perform charitable acts

benign

compassionate; incapable of causing harm

bewilderment

condition of being confused

cherub

a winged, chubby angel

ensuing

following immediately afterward

morbid

gruesome, gloomy, or dark

obliged

under force of necessity; obligated

prowess

superior skill or ability; strength or courage

tacit

unspoken; understood without being expressed

aberration

deviations from the proper course

accosted

approached in a harsh manner; assaulted

ascertaining

discovering with certainty; determining

cleaved

adhered to closely; clung to

embalming

treating with preservatives to prevent decay

feeble

physically weak from age or sickness; frail

meditative

given to contemplation or deep thought

unfathomable

difficult or impossible to understand

vigil

wakefulness maintained in reverence to another

whittle

to carve or shape