Huck Finn Glossary

Question 1

To find an accused person innocent in a court of law

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Acquit

Question 2

Actions of a person who thinks he or she is superior to others

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Airs

Question 3

Scared someone by force; bullied

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Bullyragged

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Plan

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Campaign

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Traveling suitcase or bag made of carpet. Theses bags were widely used in the United States in the 1800s

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Carpet-bags

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Figured out

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Ciphered

Question 7

Salty mineral water from congress springs in Saratoga Springs, New York

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Congress Water

Question 8

Necktie;slang for hangmans noose

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Cravat

Question 9

Dared not or dared not try it

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Dasn’t

Question 10

Title of the eldest son of the King of France. This term was used between 1349 and the 1830’s

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Dauphin

Question 11

Nervous and mental disorder caused by alcoholism. Insomnia, hallucinations, and restlessness often occupy it.

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Delirium tremens

Question 12

Cheap saloon

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Doggery

Question 13

Huck’s misuse of the word doxology which means hymn or prayer.

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Doxolojer

Question 14

Audience demand for a repeat performance.

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Encores

Question 15

State of having the fidgets. Being nervous about something

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Fantods

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Moss or fungus that grows on rotting wood and appears to grow.

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Fox-fire

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Suspenders

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Galluses

Question 18

Slang word for a big,strong man who is thought to be stupid.

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Galoot

Question 19

People who don’t believe in the God of the Bible

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Heathens

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Hide or store something

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Hive

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Someone who deceives or misleads

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Humbug

Question 22

Person trained in a trade or craft. Journey men printers usually worked by the day or by the job

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Jour printer

Question 23

Form of Christian faith-healing in which a believer lays hands on a sick person and prays for God’s help

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Layin’ on o’ hands

Question 24

Huck’s misspelling of medieval or the Middle Ages

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Meedyevil

Question 25

Small organ invented in the United States

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Melodeum

Question 26

Hypnosis

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Mesmerism

Question 27

Simple or ignorant person

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Muggins

Question 28

Studying the shape of a person’s head for clues and signs of intelligence and abilities

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Phrenology

Question 29

A term that Huck made up it is a combination of the Calvinist teachings of predestination and foreordination. They express the belief of God choosing who goes to heaven before birth

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Preforeordestination

Question 30

Divine guidance or care

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Providence

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Mercury

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Quicksilver

Question 32

Make trouble

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Raise Cain

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Rascal

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Rapscallion

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Drunkards

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Rummies

Question 35

A characters speech that reveals inner thoughts and ideas. It is spoken while the character is alone on stage.

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Soliloquy

Question 36

Religious meetings that stress the evil of alcohol

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Temperance revival

Question 37

Tragedian

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Actor

Question 38

Huck’s misspelling and mispronunciation of the word valet, which is a servant who waits on another person

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Valley

Question 39

Gold coins

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Yaller-boys and Yaller-jackets

Question 40

Person who worked to end slavery in the United States

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Abolitionist