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Huckleberry Finn
Hard Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Addle | to muddle; to confuse (the brain); to spoil |
| Blubber | to weep profusely and noisily |
| Bodkin | a dagger with a slender blade |
| Brash | offensively bold |
| Brazen | shameless or impudent |
| Broad | having great (or a certain) extent |
| Chinks | a crack, cleft, or fissure |
| Cipher | to calculate, cast in the mind, think out |
| Coarse | composed of relatively large parts or particles |
| Consummation | to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill |
| Contagion | the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact |
| Craw | a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resemble a stomach for storage |
| Decent | according with custom or propriety; regular |
| Dismal | depressing in character or appearance; gloomy; dreary; melancholy |
| Dissipate | to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel |
| Embattled | beset with attackers or controversy or conflict |
| Fagged | to tire or weary by labor; exhaust |
| Fret | to feel or express worry |
| Frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| Haggled | to bargain in a petty; quibbling, and often contentious manner |
| Hew | to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument |
| Impaired | weakened, diminished, or damaged; impaired hearing |
| Imperative | absolutely necessary or required |
| Indifferent | marked by a lack of interest |
| Ingots | a mass of metal, such as a bar or block |
| Junket | a pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing |
| Lath | a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster |
| Middling | of medium or moderate size, strength, quality; average |
| Nabob | any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person |
| Ornery | having a difficult and contrary disposition; stubborn |
| Palaver | to talk profusely and idly |
| Pallet | a bed or mattress of straw |
| Pluck | Courage, originally viewed as residing in the heart |
| Pommel | handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle |
| Ponderous | slow and laborious because of weight |
| Recollection | the act of recalling to the memory |
| Roust | to rouse or stir up, to raise or arouse |
| Shuck | a husk, pod, or shell; esp. the outer covering or stripping of Indian corn |
| Sideboard | a piece of dining-room furniture for holding side-dishes, wine, plate, etc. |
| Skiff | a small sea-going boat, adapted for rowing and sailing |
| Soliloquy | uttering one's thoughts aloud without addressing any person |
| Temperance | the practice or habit of restraining oneself in passion or desire |
| Trifling | of very little importance; trivial; insignificant |
| Varmint | an objectionable or undesirable animal |
| Victuals | a stock or supply of foods |
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