CHAPTER 14 — Vocabulary
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from CHAPTER 14
- truck (noun)
- Miscellaneous articles or goods; odds and ends.
- spyglass (noun)
- A small handheld telescope used for seeing distant objects.
- prime (adjective)
- Of the highest quality; first-rate or excellent.
- texas (noun)
- The officers's quarters on a steamboat, located on the upper deck near the pilothouse.
- gaudy (adjective)
- Showy, bright, and extravagant in a tasteless way.
- harem (noun)
- The separate part of a household reserved for the wives and concubines of a polygamous man.
- gumption (noun)
- Shrewd common sense and practical resourcefulness.
- waseful (adjective)
- Wasteful; inclined to use something carelessly or extravagantly.
- consekens (noun)
- Consequence; importance or significance.
- dolphin (noun)
- Huck's mispronunciation of "dauphin," the title given to the eldest son of the King of France.
- parlyment (noun)
- Huck's dialectal pronunciation of "parliament," the legislative body of government.
- uncommon (adjective)
- Unusually great; remarkable or exceptional.
- considerable (adverb)
- A good deal; a large amount (used as an adverb in dialect).
- situation (noun)
- A position of employment; a job or post.
- jabber (noun)
- Rapid, unintelligible, or nonsensical talk.