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TS vocab last part
Tom Sawyer Vocab-final section-last 26 words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conjectured | To belive especially on uncertain or tenative grounds |
| Precarious | Dangerously insecure |
| Opulent | Having or showing great wealth; very wealthy or rich |
| Mutinous | Involving revolt against authority |
| Desolation | The state of being decayed or destroyed |
| Effusive | Utter with unrestrained enthusiasm |
| Subterranean | Lying beneath what is revealed or avoided, especially being deliberately concealed |
| Clamorous | Noisy; shouting; making noisy demands or complaints |
| Contemptuous | Worthy of disgust or disrespect. Disgraceful. |
| Edification | Intellestual, moral, or spiritual improvment |
| Sinuous | Curved or curving in and out |
| Trifle | Something of very little value or importance |
| Precipice | A very steep cliff |
| Forbearance | Resist or restrain from. Patient or tolerant |
| Voluptuous | Full delight or pleasure of the senses |
| Prevalent | Generally accepted; pervasive; widespread |
| Inundation | To overwhelm as if with a flood |
| Tempestuous | Rough and tumultuous, as a difficult sittuation or a tough storm |
| Omniscient | Infinetly wise |
| Auspicious | Promising sucess, favorable |
| Boisterous | Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline |
| Labyrinth | Difficult system of paths, mazes, or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost |
| Palipable | Able to be handled, touched, or felt |
| Oblivion | The state of forgotting or being forgetten |
| Magnanimous | Noble and generous; especially in giving |
| Ominous | Threatening; menacing; portending doom |