Huck Finn Vocab Quiz

f my stupid baka life bro

ornery

to be bad tempered and grumpy

how huck described himself in the beginning

ambuscade

an ambush

with toms crew

highfalutin

pompous or pretentious writing/high-sounding

pap’s racist rant

stanchion

an upright bar, post***, or frame, forming a support

huck uses to climb down when sneaking out of watson’s house

nabob

a person of conspicuous wealth or high status

pap’s racist rant

fantods

a state of nervous irritability

reticule

a small handbag; orginially netted w/ a drawstring containing sewing supplies

found when looting

careen

to cause a boat to lean over on one side; to swerve while in motion

boat robber scene

rapscallion

a mischevious person

huck thinks highly of himself for helping rapscallions

towhead

a sandbar island located in the river

used when they were rafting

infernal

of or relating to hell

decanter

a decorative bottle to serve wine or alcohol in

pommel

the upper front part of a saddle

on buck’s horse saddle he had a gun

cavort

to jump around excitedly without restraint/to romp/prance

boggs town when men were on horses

scow

a large flat-bottomed boat used for transporting freight

trading scows/boats from a distance that huck notices

temperance

abstinence from alcohol

conmen scheme

phrenology

the study of the shape/size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities

conmen lies about characteristics

dauphin

the eldest son of the king of France

lie from conmen

dissipate

to separate into parts and disappear

histrionic

excessively dramatic, theatrical

used by conmen

benefactor

one who gives aid, usually financial

conmen lie in town’s camp meeting

imperative

requiring attention; necessary

flyer of conmen’s performance

sanctify

to make pure/holy

lie from conmen

doxology

an expression of praise to God

lie from conment

passel

a large quantity

described crowd of the conmen’s show

obsequy

a funeral rite/ceremony

lies from conmen

harrow

a farm implement used to even off plowed ground

expression from huck when defending himself from Joanna

sluice

a stream flowing through a floodgate; an opening which anything flows

audacious

unrestrained by convention or propriety

used by aunt sally after she gets kissed

scutcheon

a shield bearing a coat of arms

necessary part of tom’s fantastical rules to free jim