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Vocab Chap. 5&6
vocabulary from chapters five and six of To Kill a Mockingbird
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aloof | at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart |
| benevolence | desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness |
| benign | having a kindly disposition; gracious |
| bewilderment | a bewildered, amazed state; a confusing maze or tangle, as of objects or conditions |
| cherub | a celestial being; a beautiful or innocent person, especially a child |
| ensuing | to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession |
| morbid | suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc; affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of a disease |
| obliged | to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity |
| prowess | exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle |
| whittle | to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife |