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OF MICE AND MEN CHAPTERS 1-4 VOCABULARY

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  • bindle
    A bundle
    carried by a hobo
    usually of bedding and other possessions
  • spine
    backbones
  • vial
    small bottle containing medicine or other liquids
  • dousing
    soaking with water
  • derogatory
    Insulting or intended to insult
  • cesspool
    an underground reservoir for poop and pee
  • accumulate
    to gather or collect
  • tattered
    old and torn
  • whimpering
    broken sounds
    to cry with low
  • window pane
    the glass part of a window
  • scummy
    dirty
    unclean
  • stocky
    and sturdy
    thick
    short
  • abruptly
    suddenly
  • pleadingly
    begging
  • sarcastically
    in a mean way; bitterly
  • cliff
    A high
    steep face of rock or earth
  • manure
    animal waste (poo poo)
  • scornful
    feeling or expressing contempt or hate of something
  • skittering
    moving rapidly
  • (gun) magazine
    gun cartridge
  • recumbent
    lying down
  • does
    female rabbits
  • spectacles
    eyeglasses
  • beam
    ray of light
  • Whiskers
    long hairs on the face of a cat
    mouse or other mammal
  • operation
    surgery
  • bleated
    To cry out with terror
  • avert
    to turn away or aside
  • dejectedly
    sadly
  • morosely
    gloomy manner
    in a sad
  • broom
    long-handled brush used for sweeping
  • mollified
    to soften in feeling or temper
  • keg
    small wooden barrel
  • mule
    cross of a male donkey and female horse
  • torture
    anguish of body or mind; agony
  • indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  • fascinated
    very interested in something
  • dusk
    the time of day immediately following sunset
  • squinted
    looked with eyes partly open
  • nibble
    to eat in small bites
  • sourly
    in an unpleasant way
  • bastard
    illegitimate child
  • pantomime
    acting without words
  • litter
    other mammals)
    dogs
    multiple animal babies born at the same time (cats
    mice
  • horseshoes
    a piece of metal shaped like a U
  • mottled
    having spots or patches of color
  • droned
    to talk in a persistently boring/monotonous tone
  • irrigation ditch
    A channel in the ground used to supply dry land with water
  • scowl
    an angry or bad-tempered expression
  • reprehensible
    shameful; very bad
  • junctures
    points of union; connections
  • floozy
    cheap
    immoral woman
  • dabbled
    splash water with the hands.
  • palm
  • liniment
    soothing lotion
  • contemplated
    thought about
  • cape
    a robe like Super Man wears
  • precede
    to come before
  • crooked
    not straight
  • brush
    A wooded area full of trees and brush (small trees)
  • fawning
    displaying exaggerated flattery
  • gnawing
    chewing or biting
  • brusquely
    in a blunt direct manner
  • meager
    a small amount
  • aloof
    not friendly; distant
  • defensively
    in a protective manner
  • squirmed
    to wiggle around
  • quiver
    to tremble or shake
  • confession
    a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime.
  • apologetically
    to act with sorrow or regret
  • nuisance
    annoyance
  • complacently
    in a self-satisfied way
  • thong
    strip of leather
  • skeptically
    showing doubt or disbelief
  • grizzled
    streaked with gray
  • laden
    filled with a great quantity
  • debris
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  • denim
    heavy cotton cloth often used for jeans
  • appraise
    to estimate the value of
  • derision
    ridicule - making fun of someone
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