Huck Fin Flashcards
1
Q
Ornery
A
Mean, ill-tempered
2
Q
Temperance
A
Avoidance of alcohol
3
Q
Palvering
A
Talking
4
Q
Harrow
A
Large farm implement used to break up and smooth the soil
5
Q
Careen
A
Leaned or tilted to one side
6
Q
Rapscallion
A
Law breakers or social outcasts
7
Q
Spunk
A
Courage
8
Q
Predestination
A
Being determined or decided in advance by God
9
Q
Galoot
A
An awkward fellow; an uncouth, disreputable man
10
Q
Tanyard
A
Part of a tannery containing the vats in which animal skins are treated with tannic acid to turn them into leather
11
Q
Phrenology
A
Study of shape of a person’s skull, reads person’s character or intelligence
12
Q
sockdolager
A
something unusual or extra ordinary
13
Q
blackgaurd
A
using foul or abusive language against a person
14
Q
doxology
A
a hymn in praise of god
15
Q
obsequies
A
funeral rights
