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Tom Sawyer Vocabulary II
Chapters 4-6
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| benediction | prayer of blessing |
| traverse | cross over |
| grandeur | majesty and might |
| effeminate | not manly |
| gall | anger |
| blight | destroy |
| cravat | a type of neckwear |
| mien | appearance |
| oration | speech |
| subsidence | decrease |
| alloy | something mixed in |
| prodigious | exceptional, great |
| august | dignified |
| prodigy | a gifted young person |
| effusion | enthusiasm of emotion |
| laggard | person who is late |
| despotism | dictatorship; tyrannical government |
| monotonously | without changing pitch |
| pathos | emotion |
| gingerly | carefully |
| sheer | turn sharply |
| facetious | funny |
| fetters | bonds |
| odious | hateful |
| canvass | examine |
| expectorate | spit |
| homage | awe; esteem |
| adherent | follower |
| disdain | contempt; dislike |
| pariah | someone rejected by society |
| gaudy | flashy |
| perennial | lasting a long time |
| wistfully | in a thoughtful or desirous manner |
| animosity | hatred |
| derrick | part of an oil well |
| portentous | grand, usually overly so |
| jubilant | overjoyed |
| ostentation | a showy display |
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