JLS LSD 2 Huckleberry Finn Vocabulary 2 Sentences and Definitions

Instead, I spotted a boy and asked him if he'd seen a black man. I quickly ______ Jim.

adv. in a nervous or afraid way

Jim and I paddled as fast as we could until the ______ caught us.

"With a bit of practice, the Duke and I shall ______ a play that people will pay to see."

"But I'm not a girl," ______ the Duke.

We couldn't ______ someone suspecting he was a runaway slave.

n. a vehicle with four wheels that is usually pulled by horses

I ______ out a crack by the door.

v. to travel on water in a ship or boat

v. to lower one's head or body suddenly

We ran faster, jumping over fallen tree trunks and ______ under low hanging branches.

When he didn't answer, I ______ the rope and jumped aboard.

v. to say what something or someone is like

But at least I understood now why he'd ______ to help me.

n. the state of being free

Tom sat up on the ______.

v. to look at something or someone secretly

"I wanted to ______ to New Orleans, then catch a steamboat and take Jim home in style."

"He risked his ______ to save the boy."

He broke into a printing shop and made ______.

When the carriage door opened and the ______ stepped out, Tom and I knew our game was over.

n. a continuous movement of water or air in the same direction

v. to accept someone's idea or plan

v. to entertain an audience by singing, acting, etc.

adv. widely and openly

v. to tie or wrap something with a rope or strip

They decided it was ______ except for the rough shelter Jim and I had made.

v. to show or express strong disagreement

v. to move slowly on water, wind, etc.

v. to undo the knots in something

Jim ______ it up with strips of cloth ripped from his shirt.

n. a person who travels in a vehicle and is not driving it

adj. being fit or right for a use

When we stopped, a lady came running out of the house, waving her arms and smiling ______.

I was on my own on the raft as it ______ downstream.

When I saw a ______, I asked for a ride into town.

n. a cot that is used for carrying an injured person

n. a public notice that is designed to sell goods

v. to do something that may have bad or harmful results

"We've got to get out of here before the guards show up," said Tom ______.