Tom Sawyer Vocab Flashcards
Material for starting a fire
Kindling
Unable to think clearly
Perplex
Lacking quality or ability
Middling
Fully detailed
Circumstantial
Liveliness and eagerness
Alacrity
Pleasantly warm
Balmy
To be famous for being amazing
Eminence
A mild disapproval or criticism
Reproach
To not agree
Discordant
Peaceful
Tranquil
To cross over
Transverse
To write something from memory
Recitation
Commonly used
Customary
Characterized by effort to the point if exhaustion
Laborious
A temptation
Seductive
Enthusiastic
Relish
Capable of growing an abundant amount of plants
Fertile
Marked by keen caution
Wary
Humorous in tone
Factious
To spit
Expectorate
A person who is rejected
Pariah
To be secret and sly
Furtive
A following of one thing after another in time
Succession
Happiness and satisfaction in life
Contentment
A metal support for logs in a fire place
Andiron
A refreshing breeze
Zephyr
To enter uninvited
Intrude
Not being able to be calmed down
Unappeasable
Incapable of failing
Infallible
Capable of being detected
Perceptible
The power of a creative imagination
Ingenuity
To squash, crush, or suppress
Oppress
To shine
Spangle
continually changing, a hobo
Vagrant
Worried or nervous
Apprehensive
Ability
Facility
A fancy thougt, feeling, or style
Sublimity
Sorrowful
Lugubrious
Beat severely with whip or rod
Flog
Delayed, later, or tardy
Belated
Intended to attract notice and impress others
Ostentation
Reluctantly, or to hesitate
Waver
Reasonable, and truthful..believable
Plausible
Irritating
Irksome
A new kind of fashion
Newfangled
Confusion
Consternation
The state of being decayed or destroyed
Blight
Sad
Cestfallen
To happen
Transpire
Located far away
Remote
A meeting planned at a Sertian time or place
Rendezvous
To fake out
Bluff
Fearless
Dauntless
To steal
Purloin
Push to thrust outward
Obtrude
A very intense fire
Conflagration
To be carried away by emotion
Rapture
Extremely hungry
Ravenous
Serious
Gravity
Producing no result or affect
Unavailing
A stretch of shallow water
Shoal
A guess
Conjecture
To comfort
Console
A person who shares
Tenant
Rich and superior in quality
Sumptuous
To overthrow
Mutinous
Sad
Sullen
Sad
Wistfully
A beginner
Novice
To end
Culminate
Sad
Melancholy
Sad
Dismal
Important
Distinction
A large entrance
Vestibule
To overspend, not just in money
Lavish
To beat someone in a race
Vanquish
A zoo for study or display
Menagerie
Very annoying
Insufferable
A particular area
Vicinity
Uncertain how to act or proceed
Irresolute
To talk very fast about nothing important
Prattle
Lacking in liveliness
Dreary
Showing skill
Ingenious
A cherished desire
Ambition
A disease
Lethargy
To become active
Rouse
Languid
Lacking spirit
To hit very hard
Smote
To whip
Flay
Not in action
Idle
Revenge
Vindictive
A deserved penalty
Retribution
An important person
Dignitary
To provide evidence for
Manifest
Very frequent
Prevalent
A habit
Inveterate
Stormy or not peaceful
Tempestuous
Crown Jewels that are worn
Regalia
To be unstable
Fluctuate
Lacking in harmony
Incongruous
Dangerous or unsafe
Treacherous
Bound to happen
Invariably
Capable of being detected
Credible
To be changeable
Fickle
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Formidable
Very wise
Omniscient
A good amount of
Abundance
To mop up
Swab
To prowl or hide
Lurk
In the presence of death
Sepulchral
Where the ship docks
Berth
Not neatly combed
Unkempt
A small crude shelter
Shanty
A favorable sign
Auspice
A promise
Resolution
To save or to use cautiously
Economize
Capable of being detected
Palpable
To put down by force, to overcome
Subdue
A security guard
Sentry
A contract to hire
Charter
Brave
Gallant
A deep opening in the earths surface
Chasm
To mark up a little bit
Daub
Shivering and shaking from illness
Ague
Uneasy
Precarious
Looking pale from illness
Blanched
Energetic and quick
Brisk
An ecoe, a vibration
Reverberation
An owner of a business
Proprietor
A feeling of strong eagerness
Zeal
Below ground
Subterranean
A hall
Corridor
To move or draw apart
Diverge
To offend or revolt
Appall
A difference in opinion
Dissent
To be a sign for something to come
Bode
However
Withal
Two weeks
Fortnight
A protective covering for a knife or a sword
Sheath
Very loud
Clamorous
To talk very excitedly
Effusive
To praise
Laudation
Tasteless in food or behavior
Insipid