Huck Finn Vocab 1

Question 1

Dismal

Answer 1

Causing gloom or depression, depressing, lacking in interest or merit, dingy, dim, dark, gloomy, bleak

Question 2

Victuals

Answer 2

Food or provisions, typically as prepared for consumption; ailment, chow, eatables, edibles, grub

Question 3

Middling

Answer 3

Moderate or average in size, amount, or rank average, standard, normal, middle-of-the-road

Question 4

Ransom

Answer 4

The price demanded or paid for the release of a kidnapped person; payoff, payment, sum, price

Question 5

Lath

Answer 5

A thin, narrow strip of wood nailed to joists, rafters, or studding and used as a supporting structure for plaster; axle, bail, balk, pillar

Question 6

Raspy

Answer 6

Grating, irritable; cracked, croaky, dry, grating

Question 7

Temperance

Answer 7

Abstinence from alcoholic drink; abstinence, abstention, sobriety, self-restraint

Question 8

Wadding

Answer 8

Soft, thick material used to line garments for pack fragile items esp. absorbent cotton; stuffing, filling, packing, cushioning, padding

Question 9

Brash

Answer 9

Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or over-bearing way; pushy, cocky, brazen, bold, confident, overweening

Question 10

Lolled

Answer 10

To move or act in a lax, lazy, and indolent manner, to hang loosely or laxly; lounge, sprawl, drape oneself, stretch oneself

Question 11

Abolitionist

Answer 11

A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution esp. capital punishment or (formerly) slavery; advocate, activist, opponent, revolutionary

Question 12

Afoot

Answer 12

In preparation or progress, happening or beginning to happen, on foot; going on, happening, about, around, stirring

Question 13

Solemn

Answer 13

Formal and dignified; ceremonious, formal, majestic, dignified

Question 14

Mournful

Answer 14

Feeling, expressing, or introducing sadness, regret, or grief; sad, sorrowful, melancholy, unhappy