Setting of the novel
1930s Maycomb, Alabama
Scout
Jean-Louise Finch, 2nd grade, tomboy, dad Atticus, brother Jem
Atticus (dad of Scout & Jem)
good" lawyer, wife is dead, strict, good values
Jem (Scouts brother)
6th grade
Dill
Charles Baker Harris, neighbor who moves in during summer
Calpurnia
nanny/maid, black "mom
Arther "Boo" Radley
never been seen
Nathan Radley (Mr. Radley)
Boos older brother
Bob Ewell
poorest family in maycomb, poor
Miss Maudie Atkinson
kind, widow
accosted
confront, approach
feeble
weak, coward
meditative
deep thought
unfathomable
unthinkable
whittle
to make a carving
antagonized
to annoy
articulate
express
contemporary
not permanent
inconspicuous
unnoticeable
ingenious
clever
aloof
not friendly
benevolence
kindness, charity
benign
harmless, helps others
bewilderment
confused
cherub
angel
ensuing
following
morbid
unhealthy,sick
oblige
nessasary
prowess
strength
tacit
understood before saying
abominable
revolting, hateful, upleasant
amiable
being freindly
auspicious
favorable
contentious
in a argument
dispensation
privilege
expansively
to share
fractious
easily angered,to make trouble
preserve
safe from harm, to mantain
tranquility
peaceful, quiet
tyranny
in a government that rules
apothecary
a person that sells medicine
assuaged
to make something bad not as bad it was
indigenous
local,origional,native
Malevolent
wanting to do something bad to people
mortification
embarrassed
Piety
devoted to God
Sojourn
staying somewhere for a while
Unsullied
made to not be rude being clean
Vexations
being anoyed and in a bad mood
Wallowing
rolling in mud or water