1. To Kill a Mockingbird In-context Vocabulary Chapters 5 and 6

2. benign Until Jem and Dill excluded me from their plans, she was only another lady in the neighborhood, but a relatively benign presence.

3. benign Having a kindly disposition; gracious Bene = “good”

4. tacit Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t’ jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot…

5. tacit Understood without being openly expressed Silent Have any musicians seen this one in your sheet music?

6. benevolence Miss Maudie’s benevolence extended to Jem and Dill, whenever they paused in their pursuits…

7. benevolence Desire to do good towards others Bene = good

8. edification “No,” said Atticus, “putting his life’s history on display for the edification of the neighborhood.”

9. edification Moral improvement or guidance It actually comes from the word “to build.”

10. quibble Jem decided there was no point in quibbling, and was silent.

11. quibble To evade truth by raising trivial distinctions and objections Maybe from equivocation (evasion of the point)