Huck Finn Vocab Week 1

Question 1

Sugar-Hogshead

Answer 1

A large, watertight barrel that can hold 63 gallons. Huck sleeps in an empty one.

Question 2

Snuff

Answer 2

Powdered Tobacco that is sniffed into the nostrils or taken into mouth

Question 3

Skiff

Answer 3

A small riverboat

Question 4

Providence

Answer 4

God as a supreme power guiding human beings and “providing” for their needs.

Question 5

Hifault’n (highfaultin)

Answer 5

Vain, fancy, and high-flown

Question 6

Bullyragged

Answer 6

Threatened or bothered

Question 7

Druther

Answer 7

Rather

Question 8

Temperance

Answer 8

Avoidance of alcoholic drinks

Question 9

Soundings

Answer 9

measurements of the depth of water, usually made with a rope having a lead weight at one end. When a Mississippi River steamboat passed through dangerously shallow waters, the leadsman would call out foot soundings until he reached the two-fathom (twelve-foot) mark: “Mark Twain - safe water!”

Question 10

Raised Cain

Answer 10

To cause trouble. In the bible (Genesis 4:8), Cain killed his brother Abel.