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CS 1--8
Its Vocab for Tom Sawyer
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sagacity | the quality of being sagacious |
| Derision | contemptuous ridicule or mockery |
| Ambuscade | attack from an ambush |
| Adamantine | unbreakable |
| Melancholy | a deep, pensive, and long-lasting sadness |
| Perplexed | cause someone to feel completely baffled |
| Tranquilly | free from disturbance |
| alacrity | brisk and cheerful readiness |
| furtive | attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble |
| morosely | sullen and ill-tempered |
| effusion | an instance of giving off something such as a liquid, light, or smell |
| adherent | someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas |
| abash | cause to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed |
| ostentation | pretentious and vulgar display |
| frivolity | not having any serious purpose or value |
| accouterments | additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity |
| shorn | cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal). cut off (something such as hair, wool, or grass), with scissors or shears |
| mortified | to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated |
| fetters | a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles |
| facetious | treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor |