1. To Kill a Mockingbird
Vocabulary

2. Quelled (v) to overwhelm something until it is powerless
The tin roof of Miss Maudie’s house quelled the flames and eventually the fire burnt out.

3. evasion
(n) To evade is to avoid doing or answering something directly. Uncle Jack's evasion occurs when he doesn't directly answer Scout's question.

4. Invectives (n.): abusive terms, curses, insults, and/or cuss words
The use of invectives at school will result in a detention.

5. Begrudge
(v) to feel resentment or disapproval about the fact that they have something.
Atticus says that he doesn't think anyone in the town would begrudge the Ewell children for trapping animals out of season.

6. Akimbo (adj) hands on hips and elbows bent outwards
Miss Alexandra stood akimbo as she waited for Scout and Jem to return from church.

7. Volition
(n.): will.
Scout is saying that someone like Tom would never go into somebody's yard on his own or unless he had been invited to do so, and would never do so of his own volition.