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Tom Sawyer Vocab. 2
set two of tom sawyer vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inarticulately | lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech |
| Apprehensive or apprehensively | uneasy or fearful about something that might happen |
| Stolid | not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive. |
| Formidable | causing fear, apprehension, or dread |
| Valance | a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc. |
| Phrenological | analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull. |
| Succumb | to give way to superior force; yield: |
| Plausibility | having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; |
| Ventilation | facilities or equipment for providing ventilation. |
| Rendezvous | an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place. |
| Andiron | one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace. |
| Consternation | a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay. |
| Conjectured | the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof. |
| Impudence | Obsolete. lack of modesty; shamelessness. |
| Alloy | a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition. |
| Purloined | to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer. |
| Regalia | the ensigns or emblems of royalty, as the crown or scepter. |
| Avariciously | greedy; covetous. |