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Huck Finn 10-18 Voc
Vocabulary from chapters 10-18 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rummage | search haphazardly, a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion), a jumble of things to be given away |
| shanty | a small crude shelter used as a dwelling |
| contrive | make or work out a plan for; devise, come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort |
| jabber | rapid and indistinct speech, talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| wigwam | a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape |
| solemn | dignified and somber in manner or character, characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions |
| bluff | a high steep bank, to deceive an opponent |
| treacherous | dangerously unstable and unpredictable, tending to betray |
| aft | near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane |
| berth | a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers |
| careen | move headlong at high speed, move sideways or in an unsteady way, pitching dangerously to one side |
| plunder | goods or money obtained illegally, take illegally; of intellectual property, destroy and strip of its possession |
| rapscallion | one who is playfully mischievous, a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel |
| gumption | fortitude and determination, sound practical judgment |
| aggravate | exasperate or irritate, make worse |
| conscience | motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles, conformity to one's own sense of right conduct, a feeling of shame when you do something immoral |
| outlandish | noticeably or extremely unconventional or unusual |
| crockery | ceramic dishes used for serving food |
| pensive | deeply or seriously thoughtful |
| disposition | your usual mood; a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; the act or means of getting rid of something |
| tribute | something given or done as an expression of esteem, payment by one nation for protection by another, payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence |
| aristocracy | a privileged class holding hereditary titles, the most powerful members of a society |
| mite | a slight but appreciable amount, any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods |
| caper | jump about playfully, a playful leap or hop, light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement, a crime (especially a robbery) |
| cavort | play boisterously |
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