huck finn vocab - AP lit

mean-spirited

Ornery

an ambush

Ambuscade

pompous or pretentious

Highfalutin

an upright pole or post

Stanchion

a person of wealth and prominence

Nabob

a state of nervous irritability

Fantods

 a drawstring handbag or purse

Reticule

to cause a boat to lean over on one side

Careen

a rascal

Rapscallion

a sandbar in a river

Towhead

hellish

Infernal

a decorative bottle used for selling wine or alcohol

Decanter

 the upper front part of a saddle

Pommel

to romp or prance

Cavort

 a large flat-bottomed boat used for transporting freight

Scow

abstinence from alcohol

Temperance

the study of the skull to reveal character and mental capacity

Phrenology

the eldest son of the king of France

Dauphin

to separate into parts and disappear

Dissipate

 excessively dramatic

Histrionic

one who gives aid, especially financial aid

Benefactor

necessary

Imperative

 to make holy 

Sanctify

an expression of praise to God

Doxology

a large quantity

Passel

a funeral rite or ceremony

Obsequy

a farm implement used to even off plowed ground 

Harrow

a stream flowing through a floodgate

Sluice

unrestrained by convention or propriety

Audacious

a shield bearing a coat of arm

Scutcheon