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Tom Sawyer LC 1-8
Tom Sawyer Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Perplexed | To feel completely baffled. |
Sagacity | Having shown keen mental discrenment and good judgement. |
Derision | Contemptuous ridicule or mockery. |
Ambuscade | Attack from an ambush. |
Adamantine | Unbreakable. |
Melancholy | Deep, pensive, and long lasting sadness. |
Tranquilly | Free from disturbance. |
alacrity | Brisk and cheerful readiness. |
furtive | Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble. |
morosely | Sullen and ill-tempered. |
effusion | An instance of giving off something such as a liquid,light, or smell. |
adherent | Someone who supports a particular party or person or set of ideas. |
abash | Cause to feel embarrassed or ashamed. |
ostentation | Pretentious and vulgar display of wealth. |
frivolity | Not having any serious purpose or value. |
accouterments | Additional items of dress or equipment. |
Shorn | To break off. |
mortified | Cause to feel embarrassed or ashamed. |
fetters | A chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner typically around the ankles. |
facetious | treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. |