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TOM SAWYER (KAPLAN) CHAPTER 03 VOCABULARY

Flashcards and Matching Games to help you learn and practice your vocabulary words for Chapter 3

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MARTYRsomeone killed or made to suffer for his or her beliefs; hero; saint
TORMENTto annoy or upset someone intentionally; to annoy, antagonize, or abuse
ADORATIONan intense love or esteem; adulation
EXHIBITto show something publicly; display, reveal, show
IMMUNITYprotection from disease or action; exemption; privilege
ACCUSTOMEDnormal or usual; familiar; habituated; acquainted
VISIONsomething imagined or dreamed about; a hallucination or fantasy
SOPORIFICcausing sleep or drowsiness; hypnotic; calming; numbing; tranquilizing
DILUTEto make weaker by adding another substance; weaken; thin
CONFLICTan instance of fighting; a battle, disagreement, or quarrel
DESERTto run away or leave something; abandon; forsake
SPLENDORintense, amazing beauty; brilliance; magnificence; radiance
PASSIONstrong desire or emotion; obsession; infatuation
ELABORATELYin a careful or complicated way; ornately; richly; intricately
CONDESCENDto act as if someone is in a rank below oneself; to lower oneself to another's level
THRESHOLDwood or stone on the floor of a doorway; entrance; doorstep; sill
DISCIPLINEcommand over one's behavior; training; regulation
AGONYintense suffering or pain; anguish; torture
MISSILEa weapon that is thrown or launched at a target; projectile; rocket; shot
RELUCTANTLYin a way that is without enthusiasm; unenthusiastically; unwillingly; grudgingly; hesitatingly
UNBEARABLEso bad or unpleasant that one cannot stand it; intolerable; excruciating; unendurable
SEEKto search or look for something
WILTEDdroopy, sagging, withered, or bent
VAGUEunclear; not defined; indistinct; blurred
EXULTATIONextreme joy or happiness; jubilation; enthusiasm; rejoicing
GRIEVEto feel sad, usually as a result of death; mourn, lament, suffer
VANISHto disappear, leave, evaporate, dissolve
DESOLATEdeserted; without other people; isolated; uninhabited
DREARYmiserable, dull, gloomy, depressing
HASTENto move or act quickly; to rush, hurry, speed
EMBROIDERto sew with a design; to embellish, adorn, or elaborate
DEVISEto think up or invent; to develop, plan, or create
PLEASURABLEgiving a feeling of enjoyment; enjoyable; pleasing; gratifying; satisfying
EMINENCEhigh ground, elevation, hill, knoll
CLASPto hold firmly or tightly; to grasp, grip, or clutch
OMISSIONthe act of leaving something out or not doing something; exclusion; disregard; absence
APPOINTto officially assign something; to decide, designate, or select
ACHIEVEMENTsomething done successfully; an attainment, feat, or accomplishment
EVIDENCEsomething that helps prove or bring out the truth; support, truth, or verification


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