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Tom Sawyer Vocab
Tom Sawyer Chapter 31 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| murky | dark and gloomy |
| dubbed | give an unofficial name or nickname to someone or something |
| zeal | great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective |
| trifle | a little; somewhat |
| sinuous | having curves and turns |
| frescoed | a painting done rapidly on a wall or ceiling |
| perilous | full of danger or risk |
| apprehensive | anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen |
| traversed | travel across or through |
| diverging | separate from another route and go in a different direction |
| leaden | dull, heavy, or slow |
| anguish | suffer or cause someone to suffer anguish |
| conspicuous | standing out so as to be clearly visible |
| ripple | a gentle rising and falling sound |
| indecision | the inability to make a decision quickly |
| frenzy | a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior |
| appalled | greatly dismayed or horrified |
| unavailing | achieving little or nothing; ineffective |
| reviving | restoring to life or consciousness |
| drawn | pull or move (something) in a specified direction |
| moiety | each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided. |
| blunder | a stupid or careless mistake |
| feeble | lacking physical strength |
| utter | complete; absolute |
| hideous | ugly or disgusting to look at |
| morsel | a small piece or amount of food |
| whetted | a thing that stimulates appetite or desire |
| evidently | plainly or obviously; in a way that is clearly seen or |
| groped | feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands |
| famished | extremely hungry |
| vastly | to be of very great extent or quantity; immense |
| gratified | pleasure or satisfaction |
| wretchedness | in a very unhappy or unfortunate state |
| tedious | too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous |
| apathy | lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern |
| roused | bring out of sleep; awaken |
| bodings | be an omen of a particular outcome |
| novelties | the quality of being new, original, or unusua |
| multitude | a large number |
| incrusted | cover with a hard surface layer |
| fugitive | a person who has escaped from a place |
| subterranean | existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface |
| frolicking | play and move about cheerfully |
| exertion | physical or mental effort |
| mottoes | a short sentence or phrase chosen as encapsulating the beliefs or ideals guiding an individual |
| circumference | the distance around a curved figure - especially a circle |
| clammy | unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch |
| imperishable | enduring forever |
| stalactites | a structure hanging like an icicle from the roof of a cave |
| stalagmite | a mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave |
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