Tom Sawyer Vocab Flashcards
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material for starting a fire
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kindling
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confused
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perplex
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okay
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middling
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fully detailed and specific
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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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importance
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eminence
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criticism
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reproach
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not in agreement or harmony
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discordant
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calm, peacful
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tranquil
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lying across
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transverse
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written matter repeated from memory
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recitation
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usual
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customary
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lots of work
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laborious
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enticing
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seductive
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enthusiastic, vigorous
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relish
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rich
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fertile
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worried
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wary
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amusing in tone
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facetious
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spit
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expectorate
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a person who is rejected
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pariah
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quiet, secretive
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furtive
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next
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succession
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happiness in one’s life
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contentment
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a metal support for logs in a fireplace
andiron
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a slight wind
zephyr
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enter uninvited
intrude
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not able to be satisfied
unappeasable
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incapable of failure or error
infallible
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recognizable
perceptible
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the power of creative imagination
ingenuity
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to hold back
oppress
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sprinkle
spangle
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hobo, continually changing
vagrant
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worried or nervous
apprehensive
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a building
facility
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feeling nobility
sublimity
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mournful
lugubrious
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beat severely
flog
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after, delayed
belated
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overly impress someone
ostentation
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hesitate
waver
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believable
plausible
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irritating
irksome
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new
newfangled
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confusion
consternation
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desolation
blight
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sad
crestfallen
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to happen
transpire
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far and distant
remote
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a planned meeting
rendezvous
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a high steep bank, to fake people out
bluff
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fearless
dauntless
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to steal
purloin
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to thrust outward
obtrude
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very intense and uncontrolled fire
conflagration
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being overwhelmed by emotion
rapture
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extremely hungry
ravenous
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serious
gravity
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no result
unavailing
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a sandbank
shoal
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a guess
conjecture
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comfort
console
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someone who pays rent
tenant
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rich and superior in quality
sumptuos
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to overthrow
mutinous
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pouty
sullen
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showing sadness
wistfully
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someone new
novice
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end
culminate
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a feeling of sadness
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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over spend
lavish
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beat, defeat
vanquish
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a collection of live animals
menagerie
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very annoying
insufferable
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a particular area
vicinity
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uncertain how to act
irresolute
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keep talking quickly
prattle
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depressing
dreary
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showing skill
ingenious
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a cherished desire
ambition
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sluggishness
lethargy
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become active
rouse
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lacking spirit
lanquid
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hit hard
smote
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strip the skin off
flay
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not in action
idle
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seek revenge
vindictive
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a deserved penalty
retribution
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VIP
dignitary
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provide evidence
manifest
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very common
prevalent
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habitual
inveterate
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inpeaceful
tempestuous
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royal things worn
regalia
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unstable
fluctuate
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lacking harmony
incongruous
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dangerous
treacherous
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bound to happen
invariably
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capable of being believed
credible
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has changeableness
fickle
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extremely impressive
formidable
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very wise
omniscient
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having a lot
abundance
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mop up
swab
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lie in wait
lurk
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indicative of death
sepulchral
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where ships dock
berth
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not neatly combed
unkempt
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shack
shanty
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a favorable omen
auspice
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a promise
resolution
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save
economize
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capable of being detected
palpable
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put down by force
subdue
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a watch guard
sentry
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a contract to hire
charter
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brave
gallant
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a deep opening in the Earth
chasm
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smudge
daub
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weakness
ague
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affording no reassurance
precarious
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white
blanched
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quick and energetic
brisk
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echoes
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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under the surface
subterranean
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passageway
corridor
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move apart
diverge
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offend
appall
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the difference of one's opinion
dissent
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be a sign of something to come
bode
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nevertheless
withal
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2 weeks
fortnight
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a protecting covering
sheath
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offensively loud
clamorous
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enthusiasm
effusive
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a formal praise
laudation
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lacking taste
insipid
