Engl 1A Mark Twain: Two Ways of Seeing a River

of very little importance; trivial; insignificant/ of small value, cost, or amount

1. the act of gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate. 2. addition:

1. elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness. 2. a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment:

noun 1. a gradation or variety of a color; tint: pale hues. 2. the property of light by which the color of an object is classified as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum. 3. color: 4. form or appearance. 5. complexion.

verb (used without object) 1. to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope. 2. to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually followed by toward). verb (used with object) 3. to cause to slope. 4. to distort (information) by rendering it unfaithfully or incompletely, especially in order to reflect a particular viewpoint: 5. to write, edit, or publish for the interest or amusement of a specific group of readers: noun 6. slanting or oblique direction; slope:

adjective 1. alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by. 2. living alone; avoiding the society of others: a solitary existence. 3. by itself; alone: one solitary house. 4. characterized by the absence of companions: a journey.

noun 1. a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree. 2. something inert, heavy, or not sentient. 3. Nautical. any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship, as a chip log or patent log.

verb (used without object) 1. to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal. 2. to emit little sparks, as burning matter: 3. to shine or glisten with little gleams of light, as a brilliant gem; glitter; coruscate. 4. to effervesce, as wine. 5. to be brilliant, lively, or vivacious.

noun 1. the act, practice, or art of performing acrobatic tumbles, usually on a mat or the ground.

noun 1. a color or a variety of a color; hue. 2. a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation. 3. a delicate or pale color. 4. any of various commercial dyes for the hair.

adjective. 1. lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: 2. feeble or slight: 3. feeling weak, dizzy, or exhausted; about to lose consciousness: 4. lacking courage; cowardly; timorous:

adjective 1. characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant:

noun 1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc. 2. some particular country: 3. land, as opposed to sea or water: 4. Law. the space between the ordinary high-water and low-water mark

adjective. 1. having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: 2. stupid; slow-witted; dull. 3. intense; extreme:

adjective. 1. dark

adjective 1. (of apparel) having ruffles.

verb (used without object), 1. to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light. 2. to be bright with reflected light; glisten; sparkle. 3. (of light) to appear brightly or strongly, especially uncomfortably so: 4. to be or appear unusually animated or bright, as the eyes or face. 5. to appear with brightness or clearness, as feelings.

adjective, leafier, leafiest. 1. having, abounding in, or covered with leaves or foliage: the leafy woods. 2. having broad leaves or consisting mainly of leaves : leafy vegetables. 3. leaflike; foliaceous.

noun 1. a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.

verb (used with object) 1. to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: 2. to interrupt, hinder, or oppose the passage, progress, course, etc., of. 3. to block from sight; to be in the way of (a view, passage, etc.).

noun 1. brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace. 2. an instance or display of imposing pomp or grandeur: the splendor of the coronation. 3. grandeur; glory; brilliant distinction: the splendor of ancient Greek architecture. 4. great brightness; brilliant light or luster. verb (used with object) 5. to make splendid by decorating lavishly; adorn.

adjective 1. firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder. 2. even or regular in movement: 3. free from change, variation, or interruption; uniform; continuous: 4. constant, regular, or habitual: 5. free from excitement or agitation; calm:

noun 1. something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: 2. Archaic. the feeling of wonder; astonishment. verb (used with object), 3. to wonder at (usually followed by a clause as object): 4. to wonder or be curious about (usually followed by a clause as object): verb (used without object), marveled, marveling or (especially British) marvelled, marvelling. 5. to be filled with wonder, admiration, or astonishment, as at something surprising or extraordinary:

verb (used with object) 1. to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over. 2. to enchant; charm; fascinate: The painter * the crowd with his latest work. verb (used without object) 3. to cause someone to be enchanted; cast a spell over someone: She lost her power to *.

noun 1. ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy. 2. Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight. 3. the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence. 4. the Rapture, Theology. the experience, anticipated by some fundamentalist Christians, of meeting Christ midway in the air upon his return to earth. 5. Archaic. the act of carrying off. verb (used with object). 6. to enrapture.

verb (used without object), ceased, ceasing. 1. to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have *d to exist. 2. to come to an end: At last the war has *d. 3. Obsolete. to pass away; die out. verb (used with object), ceased, ceasing. 4. to put a stop or end to; discontinue: He begged them to * their quarreling. noun 5. cessation : The noise of the drilling went on for hours without *.

noun 1. a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty: * of manner; the * of a mountain lake. 2. a trait or feature imparting this power. 3. *s, attractiveness. 4. a trinket to be worn on a bracelet, necklace, etc. 5. something worn or carried on one's person for its supposed magical effect; amulet. 6. any action supposed to have magical power. 7. the chanting or recitation of a magic verse or formula. 8. a verse or formula credited with magical power. 9. Physics. a quantum number assigned the value +1 for one kind of quark, ?1 for its antiquark, and 0 for all other quarks. Symbol: C. Compare *ed quark. verb (used with object) 10. to delight or please greatly by beauty, attractiveness, etc.; enchant: She *ed us with her grace. 11. to act upon (someone or something) with or as with a compelling or magical force:

noun 1. the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall. 2. the period in the morning or, more commonly, in the evening during which this light prevails. 3. a terminal period, especially after full development, success, etc.: the twilight of his life. 4. a state of uncertainty, vagueness, or gloom. adjective 5. of, relating to, or resembling *; dim; obscure: in the * hours. 6. appearing or flying at *; crepuscular.

verb 1. Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work. adjective 2. worked. 3. elaborated; embellished. 4. not rough or crude. 5. produced or shaped by beating with a hammer, as iron or silver articles.

adverb 1. in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; 2. privately; secretly: *, he disliked his guest. 3. within the self; mentally or spiritually: Look * to discover the truth. 4. in low or soft tones; not aloud. 5. toward the inside, interior, or center.

noun 1. the act or work of covering something with slates. 2. materials for roofing with slates.

adjective, *er, *est. 1. good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, *, generous man. 2. presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a *, precipitous headland. 3. Nautical. (of the bow of a vessel) having a full, blunt form. noun 4. a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face. 5. North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie Provinces. a clump or grove of trees on a prairie or other generally treeless area.

noun 1. a steam-driven vessel, especially a small one or one used on inland waters.

noun 1. the act, practice, or art of performing acrobatic tumbles, usually on a mat or the ground.

verb (used with object), *d, dissolving. 1. to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to * salt in water. 2. to melt; liquefy: to * sugar into syrup. 3. to undo (a tie or bond); break up (a connection, union, etc.). 4. to break up (an assembly or organization); dismiss; disperse. 5. Government. to order the termination of (a parliament or other legislative body). 6. to bring to an end; terminate; destroy: to dissolve one's hopes. 7. to separate into parts or elements; disintegrate. verb (used without object), dissolved, dissolving. 10. to become *d, as in a solvent. 11. to become melted or liquefied. 12. to disintegrate, break up, or disperse.

adjective, *er, *est. 1. smooth and glossy; sleek. 2. smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave. 3. sly; shrewdly adroit: He's a slick customer, all right. 4. ingenious; cleverly devised: a slick plan to get out of work. 5. slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil. 6. deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial; glib: a writer who has mastered every formula of slick fiction. 7. Slang. wonderful; remarkable; first-rate. noun 8. a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it: oil slick.

adjective 1. being in that place or over there; being that or those over there: That road * is the one to take. 2. being the more distant or farther: * side. adverb 3. at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.

verb (used with object) 1. to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc. 2. to provide or supply (often followed by with): The delay *ed me with the time I needed. noun 3. paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.

noun, plural pities. 1. sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy: to feel pity for astarving child. 2. a cause or reason for pity, sorrow, or regret: What a pity you could not go! verb (used with object), pitied, pitying. 3. to feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with. verb (used without object), pitied, pitying. 4. to have compassion; feel *. Idioms 5. have /take *, to show mercy or compassion.

verb (used without object), *d, rippling. 1. (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze. 2. to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface. 3. (of a solid surface) to form or have small undulations, ruffles, or folds. 4. (of sound) to undulate or rise and fall in tone, inflection, or magnitude. verb (used with object), rippled, rippling. 5. to form small waves or undulations on; agitate lightly. 6. to mark as if with *s; give a wavy form to. noun 7. a small wave or undulation, as on water. 8. any similar movement or appearance; a small undulation or wave, as in hair. 9. a small rapid. 10. Geology. * mark.

verb 1. a past participle of sow 1. Related forms Expand unsown, adjective Can be confused

adjective, *er, *est. 1. having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice. 2. measured, as specified, between opposite surfaces, from top to bottom, or in a direction perpendicular to that of the length and breadth; (of a solid having three general dimensions) measured across its smallest dimension: a board one inch thick. 3. composed of or containing objects, particles, etc., close together; dense: a * fog; a * forest. 4. filled, covered, or abounding (usually followed by with): tables * with dust. noun 15. the *est, densest, or most crowded part: in the * of the fight. Idioms 16. lay it on *, Informal. to praise excessively; flatter: He's laying it on * because he wants you to do him a favor.

verb (used without object) 1. to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was *ing. 2. to decline in excellence, prosperity, health, etc.; deteriorate. 3. Physics. (of a radioactive nucleus) to change spontaneously into one or more different nuclei in a process in which atomic particles, as alpha particles, are emitted from the nucleus, electrons are captured or lost, or fission takes place. verb (used with object) 4. to cause to * or decompose; rot: The dampness of the climate *ed the books. noun 5. decomposition; rot: * made the wood unsuitable for use. 6. a gradual falling into an inferior condition; progressive decline: the * of international relations; the * of the Aztec civilizations. 7. decline in or loss of strength, health, intellect, etc.: His mental * is distressing.