MHS Huck Finn
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joneskatherine on October 26, 2012
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20 words from Huck Finn
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 BLITHE | carefree and happy and lighthearted |
| BRAZEN | shameless, insolent, disrespectful |
| CALAMITY | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| CAVORTING | to prance or dance about |
| DISSIPATION | wasteful spending, squandering |
| FRIVOLOUS | lacking in seriousness or importance |
| IMPAIR | to make imperfect, damage, harm |
| PENSIVE | thinking deeply or seriously |
| POMMEL | the knob on the end of a sword or on a saddle |
| RESOLUTE | strongly determined, stubborn |
| ABOLISH | do away with |
| AIR | speak out publicly |
| AFOOT | developing or in the process of happening |
| CAREENED | to lean or tip to one side while in motion |
| COMMENCE | set in motion, cause to start |
| INFERNAL | hellish, fiendish |
| PONDEROUS | very heavy, unwieldy from weight |
| SPECULATE | think about or study |
| THICKET | dense growth, as of shrubs or bushes |
| TOLERABLE | fairly good; passable |
| DISMAL | gloomy, miserable, depressing |
| TEMPERANCE | self-restraint in eating and drinking |
| HISTRIONIC | dramatic |
| LINEAL | of a line, esp. as a descendant |
| CONTRITE | regretful, remorseful |
| MESMERISM | hypnotism |
| SOLILOQUY | solo speech without an audience |
| SUBLIME | ideal, supreme, perfect |
| IMPUDENT | impolite, ill-mannered |
| VENTURE | adventure, project |
| MUSE | to ponder or think about |
| HAUGHTY | arrogant, excessively proud or vain |
| SINGULAR | extraordinary, outstanding, or odd |
| ASCEND | go or move up (as in stairs, ladder, or rank) |
| TEDIOUS | tiresome, dull, boring |
| BRASH | reckless, cocky, impulsive |
| INSURRECTION | rebellion, open resistance to authority |
| INSCRIPTION | words etched or written in stone |
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