Brother Martin Huck Finn List

Mr. Leggett (United States of America)
The following vocabulary words accompany summer reading novel for English III Honors and AP. Students taking honors or AP are responsible for knowing these words and definitions on the first day of class, August 13, 2015.
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words only definitions & notes
  1. abreast
    alongside each other, facing in the same direction
  2. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  3. addle
    mix up or confuse
  4. adventure
    a wild and exciting undertaking
  5. affront
    a deliberately offensive act
  6. aggravate
    make worse
  7. amaze
    affect with wonder
  8. amputate
    remove surgically
  9. aristocracy
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
  10. astonish
    affect with wonder
  11. auction
    the public sale of something to the highest bidder
  12. awkward
    lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
  13. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
  14. azure
    bright blue in color, like a clear sky
  15. bashful
    self-consciously timid
  16. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  17. bluff
    a high steep bank
  18. bogus
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  19. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  20. bristle
    a stiff hair
  21. browse
    look around casually and randomly
  22. budge
    move very slightly
  23. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  24. captivate
    attract; cause to be enamored
  25. carcass
    the dead body of an animal
  26. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  27. chisel
    an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
  28. cipher
    a message written in a secret code
  29. coax
    influence or persuade by gentle and persistent urging
  30. contagion
    an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
  31. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  32. convince
    make realize the truth or validity of something
  33. dawn
    the first light of day
  34. deceive
    cause someone to believe an untruth
  35. degrade
    reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
  36. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
  37. desperado
    a bold outlaw
  38. despise
    look down on with disdain or disgust
  39. dismal
    causing dejection
  40. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  41. distress
    a state of adversity
  42. dote
    shower with love; show excessive affection for
  43. evade
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  44. feud
    a bitter quarrel between two parties
  45. gape
    look with amazement
  46. gaudy
    tastelessly showy
  47. glare
    be sharply reflected
  48. glimpse
    a brief or incomplete view
  49. gust
    a strong current of air
  50. haggle
    an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  51. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  52. hoist
    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  53. infernal
    characteristic of or resembling Hell
  54. jabber
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  55. jest
    activity characterized by good humor
  56. limber
    capable of moving or bending freely
  57. loll
    be lazy or idle
  58. lumber
    move heavily or clumsily
  59. lump
    put together indiscriminately
  60. maim
    injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration
  61. mar
    cause to become imperfect
  62. meddle
    intrude in other people's affairs or business
  63. meddlesome
    intrusive in an offensive manner
  64. meek
    humble in spirit or manner
  65. mite
    small arachnid that infests animals, plants, or stored foods
  66. moat
    ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
  67. muddle
    make clouded as with sediment
  68. nip
    sever or remove by pinching
  69. notion
    a general inclusive concept
  70. obituary
    a notice of someone's death
  71. pallet
    a hand tool with a flat blade for mixing and shaping clay
  72. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  73. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  74. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  75. plumb
    exactly vertical
  76. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  77. premature
    too soon or too hasty
  78. pry
    be nosey
  79. rampant
    occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way
  80. raspy
    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
  81. rave
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  82. regulation
    the act of bringing to uniformity
  83. reliable
    able to be depended on; consistent or steady
  84. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  85. rousing
    capable of stirring enthusiasm or excitement
  86. rummage
    search haphazardly
  87. rustle
    make a dry crackling sound
  88. sapling
    young tree
  89. scamper
    run or move about quickly or lightly
  90. scoundrel
    someone who does evil deliberately
  91. scour
    rub hard or scrub
  92. shirk
    avoid one's assigned duties
  93. sinister
    wicked, evil, or dishonorable
  94. skiff
    a small boat propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
  95. slough
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  96. sluice
    conduit that carries a rapid flow of water
  97. solder
    join or fuse with an alloy
  98. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  99. spade
    hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
  100. speculate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  101. splendid
    characterized by grandeur
  102. spry
    moving quickly and lightly
  103. stalk
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant
  104. staple
    material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
  105. starve
    die of food deprivation
  106. studied
    produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
  107. stump
    the base part that remains after a tree has been felled
  108. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  109. tanner
    a craftsman who tans skins and hides
  110. taper
    diminish gradually
  111. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  112. trough
    a long narrow shallow receptacle
  113. uneasy
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  114. unload
    take goods off, as a container or vehicle
  115. valid
    well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
  116. victuals
    a source of food or nourishment
  117. wallow
    roll around
  118. warble
    sing or play with trills
  119. waylay
    wait in hiding to attack
  120. weave
    pattern or structure of a fabric
  121. welt
    a raised mark on the skin
  122. whelp
    young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  123. whirl
    the act of rotating rapidly
  124. whittle
    cut small bits or pare shavings from
  125. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
Created on Fri May 15 13:34:38 EDT 2015 (updated Fri May 15 14:17:25 EDT 2015)

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