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Tom Sawyer LC 1-8
Tom Sawyer Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Perplexed | To feel completely baffled. |
| Sagacity | Having shown keen mental discrenment and good judgement. |
| Derision | Contemptuous ridicule or mockery. |
| Ambuscade | Attack from an ambush. |
| Adamantine | Unbreakable. |
| Melancholy | Deep, pensive, and long lasting sadness. |
| 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 or person or set of ideas. |
| abash | Cause to feel embarrassed or ashamed. |
| ostentation | Pretentious and vulgar display of wealth. |
| frivolity | Not having any serious purpose or value. |
| accouterments | Additional items of dress or equipment. |
| Shorn | To break off. |
| mortified | Cause to feel embarrassed or ashamed. |
| fetters | A chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner typically around the ankles. |
| facetious | treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. |