To Kill A Mockingbird Definitions:

ASSUAGED-make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

SELDOM-not often; rarely or not common; infrequent.
BATTLE OF HASTINGS-The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14

October 1066 between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of

Normandy and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II,
beginning the Norman conquest of England.
APOTHECARY-a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.
STINGINESS-close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly mean
being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others.
METHODISTS- a member of a Christian Protestant denomination
originating in the 18th-century evangelistic movement of Charles and
John Wesley and George Whitefield.
LIBERAL BRETHREN-A group of people united by a
commitment toward progressive social change
THENCE-from a place or source previously mentioned or as a
consequence.
STRICTURES-a restriction on a person or activity or a sternly critical or
censorious remark or instruction.
DICTUM-a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source or a
short statement that expresses a general truth or principle.
PERSECUTION-hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race
or political or religious beliefs; oppression
TALCUM-a cosmetic or toilet preparation consisting of the mineral talc
in powdered form, typically perfumed or powder (something) with
talcum.
TACITURN-(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech;
saying little
SYNONYMOUS-(of a word or phrase) having the same meaning as
another word or phrase in the same language or closely associated with
or suggestive of something
DERIVED-obtain something from (a specified source) or base a
concept on an extension or modification of (another concept) or (of a
word) have (a specified word, usually of another language) as a root or
origin.
WILTED-(of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of
water, or disease; droop or leave (mown grass or a forage crop) in the
open to dry partially before being collected for silage.
AMBLED-walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.
VAGUE-of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning or
thinking or communicating in an unfocused or imprecise way.
COURTEOUS-polite, respectful, or considerate in manner.
TYRANNICAL-exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way or
characteristic of tyranny; oppressive and controlling.
LEGISLATURE-the legislative body of a country or state.

CONTENTMENT-a state of happiness and satisfaction.

ECCENTRIC-(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and

slightly strange or not placed centrally or not having its axis or other
part placed centrally or a person of unconventional and slightly strange
views or behaviour.
QUAINT-attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
REPERTOIRE-a stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a
performer knows or is prepared to perform
SHINGLES-a painful acute inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a
skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. It is
caused by the same virus as chickenpox.
MALEVOLENT- having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
AZALEAS-a deciduous flowering shrub with clusters of brightly
coloured, sometimes fragrant flowers. Azaleas are typically smaller than
other rhododendrons and there are numerous cultivars.
MUTILATED-inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on or inflict serious
damage on.
NEGRO-a member of a dark-skinned group of peoples originally native
to Africa south of the Sahara.
PREDILECTION-a preference or special liking for something; a bias in
favour of something
DOMICILED-treat a specified country as a permanent home.
PULPITS-a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which
the preacher delivers a sermon or a raised platform in the bows of a
fishing boat or whaler.
PROBATE-the official proving of a will or establish the validity of (a will).
PROFANE-not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular or
(of a person or their behaviour) not respectful of religious practice;
irreverent or treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect
MEDITATIVELY-relating to or absorbed in meditation or considered
thought.