Huck Finn vocab
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dialect | regional way of speaking |
| attenuate | to make thin or slender |
| base | low or inferior in quality or position |
| odious | evoking intense dislike |
| stile | steps or bars for people to climb over a fence |
| barlow knife | a large pocket knife with a single blade |
| tallow | hard fat rendered from sheep or cattle used to make soap, candles, and lubricants |
| corn pone | cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (Southern) |
| comport | to behave in a manner that is right |
| glacis | a gentle slope; an incline before a fortress |
| delerium tremens | state of confusion with agitation and hallucinations examples: alcohol |
| nigh | near in space or time |
| pathos | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
| towhead | a low, tree-covered sandbar or island on a river |
| impudent | rude; disrespectful |
| row | an angry dispute; argument |
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