To Kill a Mockingbird

To make less intense; put to rest. "Jem's fears of never being able to play football were -------."

Pharmacist; "Simon was an ---------- from Cornwall"

The quality of being religious. "His ----- was exceeded only by his stinginess."

A piece of property. "The possession of human --------."

Uncommunicative in speech, saying little. "Alexandra married a ------- man."

Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way. "I had felt her --------- presence as long as I could remember."

Strange. "His head teemed with ------- plans."

Evil. "Inside the house lived a -------- phantom"

Abnormal or unhealthy interests. "...a series of ------ nocturnal events."

Happening at night "...a series of morbid, ------- events

a preference or special liking for something. "The Radleys kept to themselves, a ---------- unforgivable in Maycomb."

Unclear, vague, or ill-defined. "Boo's transition from the basement to back home was -------- in Jem's memory."

A thing that is granted or given. "Dill made a minor --------."

To show feelings of superiority. "Jem ----------- to take me to school the first day."

To rent a room. "Miss Caroline boarded across the street one door down from us."