Tom Sawyer Vocab Flashcards

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Material for starting a fire

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Kindling

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Unable to think clearly

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Perplex

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Lacking quality or ability

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Middling

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Fully detailed

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Circumstantial

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Liveliness and eagerness

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Alacrity

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Pleasantly warm

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Balmy

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To be famous for being amazing

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Eminence

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A mild disapproval or criticism

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Reproach

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To not agree

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Discordant

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Peaceful

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Tranquil

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To cross over

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Transverse

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To write something from memory

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Recitation

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Commonly used

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Customary

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Characterized by effort to the point if exhaustion

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Laborious

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A temptation

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Seductive

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Enthusiastic

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Relish

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Capable of growing an abundant amount of plants

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Fertile

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Marked by keen caution

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Wary

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Humorous in tone

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Factious

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19
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To spit

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Expectorate

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A person who is rejected

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Pariah

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To be secret and sly

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Furtive

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A following of one thing after another in time

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Succession

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Happiness and satisfaction in life

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Contentment

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A metal support for logs in a fire place
Andiron
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A refreshing breeze
Zephyr
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To enter uninvited
Intrude
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Not being able to be calmed down
Unappeasable
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Incapable of failing
Infallible
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Capable of being detected
Perceptible
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The power of a creative imagination
Ingenuity
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To squash, crush, or suppress
Oppress
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To shine
Spangle
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continually changing, a hobo
Vagrant
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Worried or nervous
Apprehensive
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Ability
Facility
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A fancy thougt, feeling, or style
Sublimity
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Sorrowful
Lugubrious
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Beat severely with whip or rod
Flog
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Delayed, later, or tardy
Belated
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Intended to attract notice and impress others
Ostentation
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Reluctantly, or to hesitate
Waver
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Reasonable, and truthful..believable
Plausible
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Irritating
Irksome
44
A new kind of fashion
Newfangled
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Confusion
Consternation
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The state of being decayed or destroyed
Blight
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Sad
Cestfallen
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To happen
Transpire
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Located far away
Remote
50
A meeting planned at a Sertian time or place
Rendezvous
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To fake out
Bluff
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Fearless
Dauntless
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To steal
Purloin
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Push to thrust outward
Obtrude
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A very intense fire
Conflagration
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To be carried away by emotion
Rapture
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Extremely hungry
Ravenous
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Serious
Gravity
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Producing no result or affect
Unavailing
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A stretch of shallow water
Shoal
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A guess
Conjecture
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To comfort
Console
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A person who shares
Tenant
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Rich and superior in quality
Sumptuous
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To overthrow
Mutinous
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Sad
Sullen
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Sad
Wistfully
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A beginner
Novice
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To end
Culminate
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Sad
Melancholy
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Sad
Dismal
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Important
Distinction
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A large entrance
Vestibule
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To overspend, not just in money
Lavish
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To beat someone in a race
Vanquish
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A zoo for study or display
Menagerie
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Very annoying
Insufferable
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A particular area
Vicinity
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Uncertain how to act or proceed
Irresolute
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To talk very fast about nothing important
Prattle
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Lacking in liveliness
Dreary
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Showing skill
Ingenious
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A cherished desire
Ambition
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A disease
Lethargy
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To become active
Rouse
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Languid
Lacking spirit
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To hit very hard
Smote
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To whip
Flay
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Not in action
Idle
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Revenge
Vindictive
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A deserved penalty
Retribution
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An important person
Dignitary
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To provide evidence for
Manifest
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Very frequent
Prevalent
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A habit
Inveterate
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Stormy or not peaceful
Tempestuous
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Crown Jewels that are worn
Regalia
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To be unstable
Fluctuate
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Lacking in harmony
Incongruous
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Dangerous or unsafe
Treacherous
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Bound to happen
Invariably
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Capable of being detected
Credible
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To be changeable
Fickle
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Extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Formidable
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Very wise
Omniscient
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A good amount of
Abundance
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To mop up
Swab
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To prowl or hide
Lurk
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In the presence of death
Sepulchral
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Where the ship docks
Berth
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Not neatly combed
Unkempt
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A small crude shelter
Shanty
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A favorable sign
Auspice
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A promise
Resolution
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To save or to use cautiously
Economize
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Capable of being detected
Palpable
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To put down by force, to overcome
Subdue
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A security guard
Sentry
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A contract to hire
Charter
120
Brave
Gallant
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A deep opening in the earths surface
Chasm
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To mark up a little bit
Daub
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Shivering and shaking from illness
Ague
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Uneasy
Precarious
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Looking pale from illness
Blanched
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Energetic and quick
Brisk
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An ecoe, a vibration
Reverberation
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An owner of a business
Proprietor
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A feeling of strong eagerness
Zeal
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Below ground
Subterranean
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A hall
Corridor
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To move or draw apart
Diverge
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To offend or revolt
Appall
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A difference in opinion
Dissent
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To be a sign for something to come
Bode
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However
Withal
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Two weeks
Fortnight
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A protective covering for a knife or a sword
Sheath
139
Very loud
Clamorous
140
To talk very excitedly
Effusive
141
To praise
Laudation
142
Tasteless in food or behavior
Insipid