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Huck Finn Vocab
Quiz on 11/29/10
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10th Grade
11/26/2010
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dismal
 Definition
Disappointingly inadequate.
Gloomy and bleak.
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decent
 Definition
That's decent.
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commenced
 Definition
Past tense of begin.
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victuals
 Definition
Food fit for human consumption.
To provide with food.
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middling
 Definition
Mediocre.
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fidgety
 Definition
Tendency to fidget...
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considerable
 Definition
Significant, large, substantial.
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broad
 Definition
wide... (or a prostitute, but probably don't use this)
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skiff
 Definition
small flat-bottomed open boat for one person
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carcass
 Definition
body of a dead animal
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ornery
 Definition
stubborn, disagreeable
inferior
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ingots
 Definition
treasure???
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lath
 Definition
thin strip of wood for support
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numbskull
 Definition
mentally challenged person...
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hifaluting
 Definition
??? what ???
highfalutin: self-important, arrogant, egotistical
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frills
 Definition
pleated material for decoration
to become wrinkled
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chinks
 Definition
type of protective leather leggings...
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nabob
 Definition
an Indian ruler within the MOgul empire
person of great wealth
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palaver
 Definition
talk, fuss
meeting where there is a lot of talk
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roust
 Definition
to get out of bed OR to arrest
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abreast
 Definition
informed OR side by side
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carcass
 Definition
didn't i do this one already...
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quiksilver
 Definition
??? quicksilver - mercury OR unpredictable
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haggled
 Definition
argue about prices
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brash
 Definition
insensitive, rash
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craw
 Definition
stomach of an animal
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varmint
 Definition
pestering animal that destroys crops
annoying person
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starboard
 Definition
right of ship
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careen
 Definition
to repair a ship below a water line, tilt on one side
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plunder
 Definition
yep
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gaudy
 Definition
excessively showy or vulgar
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dauphin
 Definition
heir of king of France
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aggravate
 Definition
to make worse
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abolitionist
 Definition
yep
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blubbering
 Definition
whimpering
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slouch
 Definition
drooping posture
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pensive
 Definition
appearance of thinking
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rack (v)
 Definition
torture
arrange on rack
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impaired
 Definition
what?
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frivolous
 Definition
silly (esp at inappropriate times)
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decanter
 Definition
chem
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sideboard
 Definition
board on side
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junket
 Definition
feast
picnic
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pommel
 Definition
upper front bow of a saddle
to pound/beat
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temperance
 Definition
abstinence
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cipher
 Definition
de--cipher
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shuck (n)
 Definition
fraud
or shell
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oppression
 Definition
...
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haughty
 Definition
assuming superiority
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dissipate
 Definition
disperse or waste
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histrionic
 Definition
relating to acting
excessively dramatic
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muse
 Definition
source of inspiration
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commence
 Definition
to begin...
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brazen
 Definition
shameless, NOT MODEST
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bray
 Definition
the cry of a donkey
heee-hawwww
i rode one btw :O:O:O:O
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soliloquy
 Definition
speech to self in drama
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recollection
 Definition
recalling memory
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bodkin
 Definition
small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather
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calamity
 Definition
event causing great loss
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contagion
 Definition
disease spread by contact
transmission of disease
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hue
 Definition
shade of color
tint, dye
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consummation
 Definition
state of being completed
the first act of (ahem) after marriage
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ponderous
 Definition
dull or boring
clumsy because of weight
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imperative
 Definition
esseantial
it's imperitave that
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lanky
 Definition
tall slim
ungraceful
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acquit
 Definition
set free
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pluck (n)
 Definition
pull out something
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indifferent
 Definition
not caring
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obsequies
 Definition
funeral rites
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pallet
 Definition
portable platform to move stuff
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stealthy
 Definition
ninja attack
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shoal
 Definition
shallow sandbar
large number of fish
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coarse
 Definition
not refined
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nigh
 Definition
near
almost
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trifling
 Definition
trivial
idle
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fagged (v)
 Definition
to make exhausted
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cravat
 Definition
fabric band worn as a necktie
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hew
 Definition
to chop at
to shape
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audacious
 Definition
showing willingness
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impudent
 Definition
not showing due respect
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putrified
 Definition
decomposed?????
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embattled
 Definition
arrange in order of battle
to equip
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addle
 Definition
lost the power of development
unfruitful or confused
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fret
 Definition
to consume or to worry
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rummage
 Definition
search for something hastily
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huffy
 Definition
easily offended
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