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Tom Sawyer vocab 1-8
Chapters 1-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Perplexed | filled with uncertainty |
| Derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| Consent | compliance in or approval of what is done or proposed by another |
| Alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| Covet | to wish for earnestly |
| Contrived | to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner |
| Prodigious | obsolete : being an omen |
| Supplication | to make a humble entreaty; especially : to pray to God |
| Wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| Odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance |
| Ceased | to cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue |
| Disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior |
| Caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| Bliss | complete happiness |
| Upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| Sear | : to cause withering or drying |