Huck Finn Vocab 15-23

Question 1

tote

Answer 1

carry

Question 2

aggravate

Answer 2

irritate

Question 3

leeward

Answer 3

the direction the wind is blowing

Question 3

sheering

Answer 3

swerving

Question 4

wince

Answer 4

to shrink back or cringe

Question 5

impared

Answer 5

harmed

Question 6

frivolousness

Answer 6

lack of seriousness

Question 7

sideboard

Answer 7

piece of dining room furniture used for holding dishes

Question 8

pommel

Answer 8

front of a saddle

Question 9

feud

Answer 9

long standing and deadly quarrel

Question 10

puncheon floor

Answer 10

a floor made of split logs

Question 11

ransack

Answer 11

to search thoroughly

Question 12

galluses

Answer 12

suspenders

Question 13

jour printer

Answer 13

journeyman printer

Question 14

mesmerism

Answer 14

hypnotism

Question 15

haughty

Answer 15

proud

Question 15

phrenology

Answer 15

study of character ads revealed by the shape of the head

Question 16

histrionic

Answer 16

related to acting

Question 17

ciphered

Answer 17

figured out

Question 18

benefactors

Answer 18

people who confer benefits

Question 19

unitites

Answer 19

the dramatic unites for time, place, and action

Question 20

languish

Answer 20

to assume and expression of weariness

Question 21

capet

Answer 21

family name of Louis XVI

Question 22

encore

Answer 22

a brief number performed after a performance

Question 23

sold

Answer 23

cheated

Question 24

camelopard

Answer 24

a girraffe

Question 25

heptarchy

Answer 25

the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms