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Tom Sawyer 1-10 Vocabulary
Vocabulary words and context for Chapters 1 - 10
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6th Grade
12/15/2015

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ROUNDABOUT
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page 1. a short, close-fitting jacket
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SAGACITY
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pg. 3. a thought
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AMBUSCADE
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pg.5 an unexpected surprise, an ambush
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STABBORD (starboard)
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pg. 10 - The Right (direction) side of, usually a boat or a plane.
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COVET
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pg. 12. To keep for only oneself, to withhold something from others.
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FURTIVE
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pg.14. taken, done, used, etc in a sneaky or stealthy way
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REPROACHED
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pg. 16. to find fault with (a person, group etc); blame or censure (Polly reproached Tom)
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DISCONCERTED
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pg. 19. Awkward feeling when caught doing something
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PRODIGY
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pg. 23 a person usually a child having extraordinary talents or abilities, skilled.
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PROSY
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pg. 28. The nature of resembling prose (poetry).
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COMPENSATIONS
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pg 33. rewards or goods given in exchange for doing something,
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EXPECTORATE
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pg. 33. to expel or eject matter - to SPIT!!
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PARIAH
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pg. 33. an outcast, being despised, (Huck is a pariah)
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ALACRITY
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pg. 37 determination; strict; serious about something
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DERRICK
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pg. 38 A boom for lifting cargo
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COGITATING
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pg. 46, 60 Thinking about; pondering; trying to solve

(Tom in the woods thinking about how to get Becky back for hurting his feelings.)
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CAITIFF CARCASS
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a dead body. (RobinHood vocabulary, when he plays with ___)
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ACCOUTREMENTS
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extra things, accessories used to help with a specific job. (Tom's toys, for playing RobinHood)
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VERDIGREASE
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pg. 58. It is poison, decay of metal/rust. (Tom says they shouldn't prick their fingers with random plants so as to avoid getting verdigrease in their blood)
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LUGUBRIOUS
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pg. 58,59. Strong; labored, full of effort. Gloomy; mournful. (The dog's howling after the graveyard fight was lugubrious).
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