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Huck Fin Vocab 12-28
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Solemn | Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to promises |
| Mournful | Expressing sorrow |
| Rummaging | A jumble of things to be given away |
| Derrick | A framework erected over and oil to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered |
| Berth | A job in an organization, or a place where a craft can be made |
| Plunder | Goods or money obtained illegally |
| Rapscallions | A rascal |
| Yarn | The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events |
| Starving | Suffering from a lack of food |
| Petrified | Cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned due to something scary |
| Bygones | Past; gone by |
| Lamented | Mourning for a person who is dead |
| Pensive | Dreamily or wistfully thoughtful |
| Disposition | The predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; |
| Feud | A bitter, or continuous hostility between people |
| Ransacked | To search vigorously or thoroughly through something such as a house |
| Cavorting | To prance or caper about |
| Mesmerism | Hypnosis |
| Phrenology | A psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull. |
| Encores | Repeat |
| Soliloquy | Apostrophe |
| Sublime | Magificent |
| Haughty | Arrogant |
| Histrionic | Overly Dramatic |
| Wince | Draw Back |
| Yawl | Boat |
| Sanctified | Pure |
| Pious | Dedicated |
| Afflicted | Distressed |
| Obseguies | Submissive |
| Languish | Become dull, droop |
| Slouch | Slump over |
| Frocks | Women clothing |
| Pallet | Furniture for sleeping |
| Shroud | Covering |
| Stealthiest | Cat like and Secretive |