banged up

hurt, beat up


cheesecloth


chipped

small crack or a piece missing



condition

The way something is or looks 


defendant

The person who has been accused of a crime, in this story, Tom Robinson


fetch

Go get


filthy

dirty


gavel

something a judge uses in court to get people's attention or to make a ruling and say it is final



geraniums

A type of flower



hasty

quick


hurriedly

quickly


meekly

quietly or weakly


Model-T Ford

type of old car



necessary

needed


object

to disagree or make a statement against thinking something is wrong in court


obvious

clear


reddening

to get red


retreat

to leave or go back 


rose

to get up


surroundings

what's around you


tenderl

with care


truant officer

a police officer in charge of getting kids to come to school who are absent a lot 


welfare

money the government might give to a family who does not make a lot on their own


yonder

"over there"