Ms. Mitchell
Sophomore CP
Vocabulary Unit 8
Vocabulary from Huckleberry Finn
a) definition
b) pronunciation
c) sample sentence
1) Antebellum
a. Before or existing before the American Civil War
b. AN tee BEL uhm
c. Today, the confederate flag is often seen as a symbol representing a
desire to return to the way of the antebellum south.
2) Haggle
a. An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
b. HAG uhl
c. I haggled with the man at the flea market to get a better deal.
3) Rummage
a. Search haphazardly
b. RUHM ij
c. We rummaged the Salvation Army bins to look for some good finds.
4) Welt
a. A raised mark on the skin (as produed by the blow of a whip);
characteristic of many allergic reactions
b. welt
c. I was covered all over in welts from the beating Pap gave me.
5) Jabber
a. Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
b. JAB er
c. “A couple of squirrels set on a limb and jabbered at me very friendly.”
6) Limber
a. Easily bent
b. LIM ber
c. The branches of the young tree were limber, and gave way under my
weight when I tried to climb.
7) Careen
a. Pitching dangerously to one side
b. kuh REEN
c. The door slammed to because it was on the careened side; and in half
a second I was in the boat, and Jim come tumbling after me.
Ms. Mitchell
Sophomore CP
8) Vial
a. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile
container for injection by needle)
b. VAHY ul
c. The doctor examined the vial to make sure it was the correct one
before inserting the needle and filling the syringe.
9) Sapling
a. Young tree
b. SAP ling
c. I paddled the canoe along the shore line, looking for some small
saplings to tie it to, but there were none to be found.
10) Loll
a. Be lazy or idle
b. lol
c. When breakfast was ready we lolled on the grass and ate it smoking
hot.
11) Pivot
a. Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns.
b. PIV uht
c. Throw stiff-armed from the shoulder, like there was a pivot there for
it to turn on, like a girl; not from the wrist and elbow, with your arm
out to one side, like a boy.
12) Skiff
a. Any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails and a motor.
b. skif
c. So we unitched a skiff and pulled down the river two mile and a half,
to the big scar on the hillside, and went ashore.
13) Cooper
a. A craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
b. KOO per
c. The cooper made sturdy barrels to hold the clean drinking water that
was to be taken aboard the ship.
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