CHAPTER 16 — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from CHAPTER 16

monstrous (adjective)

Extraordinarily large; enormous in size or extent.

trembly (adjective)

Trembling or shaking, especially from strong emotion or nervousness.

conscience (noun)

An inner sense of right and wrong that governs a person's thoughts and actions.

scorched (verb)

Burned or caused intense emotional discomfort; tormented.

abusing (verb)

Speaking harshly to or criticizing; berating oneself.

lowering (noun)

A degradation or diminishing of someone's character or moral standing.

obleeged (adjective)

Dialect spelling of "obliged," meaning grateful or indebted.

infernal (adjective)

Extremely annoying or outrageous; literally, of or relating to hell.

looard (adverb)

Dialect form of "leeward," meaning the side sheltered from the wind; away from the direction of the wind.

suspicion (verb)

Used as a verb in dialect, meaning to suspect or have doubts about something.

tow-head (noun)

A sandbar or small island covered with young trees or brush in a river.

sweeps (noun)

Long oars used to steer or propel a raft or large boat.

spunk (noun)

Courage, determination, or nerve.

trot-line (noun)

A long fishing line strung across a body of water with multiple shorter baited lines hanging from it.

clum (verb)

Dialect past tense of "climb"; climbed.