Tom Sawyer Vocab Flashcards
(24 cards)
beguile
transitive verb - to trick
bonafide
Adjective - genuine
alacrity
noun - cheerfulness
diffident
adjective - lack of confidence
reposeful
adjective - restful
intrepid
Adjective - Bold
eminence
Noun - position of authority
pliant
Adjective- easily swayed
pariah
noun - social outcast
benediction
Noun- Good saying
dupe
noun or verb- trickster, to trick
wily
adjective- sneaky and clever
loggard
noun - one struggling behind
gaudy
adjective- excessively
caricature
noun - drawing of exaggerated feature
frivolity
noun - silliness
cogitating
intransitive verb- thinking, pondering
waif
noun - neglected child
ensconced
intransitive and transitive verb - settled securely
avariciously
adverb - greedily
blanched
intransitive verb- to become noticeably pale
laudations
noun - praises or honors
soliloquy
noun / Iv - a speech for no listener other than audience/ reader
Guile
noun- trickery