tom swayer vocab
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- ensconced
- ensconced - settled comfortably in place
- pervading
- pervading - spreading throughout
- haggard
- haggard - looking worn out from worry or pain
- clandestinely
- clandestinely- in a secret way
- prone
- prone (adj) - lying flat.
- edifice
- edifice (noun) - building
- discordant
- discordant (adj) - harsh.
- averted
- averted - turned away; turned to the side
- accoutrements
- accoutrements - equipment; outfit
- covet
- covet (verb) - desire, long for.
- rumpled
- rumpled (adj) - crushed, crumpled.
- vagrant
- vagrant - one who wanders from place to place without a home or apparent means of support
- accosted
- accosted (verb) - to step forward and speak to someone first
- condescend
- condescend (verb) - to deal willingly with people who one believes are inferior
- dupes
- dupes (noun) - people who are easily fooled or tricked
- obliged
- obliged (verb) - required.
- lugubrious
- lugubrious - very sad or mournful
- wended
- wended (verb) - went, traveled.
- reprimand
- reprimand (verb) - a strong scolding
- reproached
- reproached (verb) - scolded.
- dilapidated
- dilapidated (adj) - falling apart; run down.
- fetters
- fetters - chains or other bindings
- mused
- mused (verb) - reflected, mull over, daydream.
- intrepid
- intrepid (adj) - fearless
- venerable
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venerable (adj) - honorable; deserving of respect
- partiality
- partiality (noun) - fondness.
- homage
- homage (noun) - great respect
- alacrity
- alacrity (noun) - enthusiasm; speed.
- desolate
- desolate (adj) - lonely.
- remorse
- remorse - deep regret for having done something wrong.
- balefully
- balefully - deadly; full of harm and destruction
- grisly
- grisly - frightful; horrible
- audacious
- audacious (adj) - bold
- miscreant
- miscreant - villain; lawless, evil person
- evanescent
- evanescent (adj) - gradually disappearing.
- pathos
- pathos (noun) - sadness; pitiable condition
- odious
- odious (adj) - very unpleasant; offensive; hateful
- inspiration
- inspiration (noun) - idea.
- profound
- profound - very great; deeply felt
- altered
- altered (verb) - changed.
- animosity
- animosity (noun) - strong dislike or hostility
- substantial
- substantial (adj) - large, sizable, considerable.
- furtive
- furtive (adj) - secret; sly
- harassed
- harassed - annoyed by repeated attacks; tormented repeatedly
- mulatto
- mulatto (noun) - a person having only one white or black parent.
- premature
- premature - too early; before the right time
- melancholy
- melancholy (noun) - sadness.
- reposeful
- reposeful (adj) - restful.
- consent
- consent (verb) - agree, say yes.
- surveyed
- surveyed (verb) - examined, looked over.
- adamantine
- adamantine (adj) - very set; unmoveable: rigidly firm.
- circumstantial
- circumstantial (adj)- incidental; dependent on circumstances.
- skylarking
- skylarking (verb) - frolic; playing games.
- ponderously
- ponderously (adv) - heavily.
- stately
- stately (adv) - grand, lordly, majestic.
- means
- means (noun) - wealth; finances.
- contemplate
- contemplate (verb) - think about
- constituted
- constituted (verb) - made up.
- perplexed
- perplexed (verb) - puzzled.
- resurrected
- resurrected (verb) - raised up
- diplomacy
- diplomacy (noun) - skill in dealing with people
- endowed
- endowed (verb) - given; gifted with.
- kindlings
- kindlings (noun) - small bits of wood used to start a fire.
- enterprises
- enterprises (noun) - adventures.
- sagacity
- sagacity (noun) - good judgment.
- resolution
- resolution (noun) - determination.
- citified
- citified (adj) - like a city person; having urban ways
- vulgar
- vulgar (adj) - common; not refined or proper.
- astride
- astride (adv) - with one leg on each side.
- vitals
- vitals (noun) - vital parts, guts.
- glowering
- glowering (verb) - staring angrily.
- sidling
- sidling (verb) - moving sideways.
- derision
- derision (noun) - scorn; ridicule.