tom sawyer vocab

reckon

consider or guess

hooky

staying away from school or work without permission

sagacity

wisdom

lick

to hit someone with violence

intrepid

fearless, adventurous

alacrity

eagerness, willingness

odious

extremely unpleasant; repulsive

expectorant

spitting

perennial

lasting or existing for a long period of time

ostentation

pretentious display of luxury

abide

accept or acting in accordance to a rule

smite

strike with a firm blow

illustrious

well known and respected

slang

giving a new meaning to old words

dialect

varies from religion to reigion based off time period and where one lives

idiom

has a meaning that differs from the original meaning. can’t be translated literally

truck (slang)

an unknown substance that is unappealing

bully (slang)

a large price/ amount of something

hooked (slang)

stealing from something

where the wind lay (idiom)

were a situation is going to go

up a stump (idiom)

in trouble

hung fire (idiom)

blushing, stalling

‘nuff (dialect; reigional)

enough

marvel (dialect)

marble

yaller (dialect)

yellow