Huck Finn Vocab Flashcards

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Audacious

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Showing a lack or respect and or willingness to take bold risks

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Confounds

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To cause one to become confused

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Frivolous

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Lacking in seriousness or importance

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4
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Haughty

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Arrogant or excessively proud or vain

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5
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Divination

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Foretelling the future by magic

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6
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Dissipation

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wasteful spending or squandering

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7
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Subline

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Exalted or Noble or uplifting

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8
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Histrionic

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Overly theatrical

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Muse

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To think deeply or to ponder

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10
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Brazen

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Shameless or insolent or disrespectful

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Contrite

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Extremely apologetic or remorseful

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12
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Soliloquy

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A speech or dramatic monologue made to oneself to thoughts

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13
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Calamity

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A disaster or event that causes misfortune

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14
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Hues

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Colors

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15
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Resolute

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Characterized by a decided purpose

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16
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Languid

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Slow or sluggish or listless or week

17
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Ponderous

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Very heavy or unwieldy from weight

18
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Stealthy

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Acting in a secret in sneaky way

19
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Blithe

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Lighthearted or joyous or free of spirit

20
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Temperance

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Moderation or self restraint in actions or words