Tom Sawyer Vocabulary

To criticize or reprimand sharmly

• Beguiled

• Rebuke

• Tedious

• Furtive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Boring or tiresome

• Furtive

• Beguiled

• Tedious

• Sieve

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Very noticeable; Standing Out

• Conspicuous

• Forlorn

• Oblivion

• Magnanimous

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which vocabulary word means grip something between finger and thumb?

• pinch

• loot

• tolled

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Tom Sawyer often has a​ (a)   attitude towards adults.

• flippant

• scheme

• valiant

• ingenuous

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

He generally began the day with wishing he had no intervening holiday, it made the going into captivity and fetters again so much more odious. What does fetters mean?

• a building or room where things are sold

• a shoe

• ropes or chains that stop you from being able to move around

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

He generally began the day with wishing he had no intervening holiday, it made the going into captivity and fetters again so much more odious. What does captivity mean?

• being in jail or locked up

• wearing a cape

• a party

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The mothers in town considered Huck to be a pariah. What does the word pariah mean?

• an outcast

• a fine citizen

• a young person

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“As he joined the crowd, Tom felt a __________ (grip something between finger and thumb). It was Huck.”

• corpse

• lick

• pinch

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

“’We’ll take the __________ (stolen goods) to my den. I’ll bury it under the cross,’ said Injun Joe.”

• foolishness

• lick

• loot

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4