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Of Mice and Men voca
Of Mice and Men vocab
Term | Definition |
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juncture | a meeting point, a particular point in time |
To anguish | to feel pain, or to suffer |
debris | left over bits and pieces |
despair | loss of hope |
to contemplate | think about |
recumbent | reclining, leaning |
stake | an amount of money |
morose (adj) | in a sad or gloomy manner |
to lumber | to walk or move heavily |
bindle | a small number of items rolled up and carried. |
imperious | arrogent, bossy |
apprehensive | anxious, fearful |
calculating | crafty, sly, cunning |
mollify | to sooth or soften |
pugnacious | eager and ready to fight |
monotonous | dull, tedious, never changing in tone |
ominous | a foreshadow that something bad will happen |
complacent | feeling confident in ones actions and unconcerned with achieving more. |
bewilder | to confuse of astonish |
console | to help ease someone else's sorrow |
to jeer | to mock, to abuse verbally, |
meager | a small amount |
disarming | charming, persuasive, winning favor or confidence |
contemptuous | showing or feeling a strong dislike or disrespect. |
aloof | distant, uninvolved |
ego | an exaggerated sense of self importance |
cower | to cringe in feer |
reprehensible | blame worthy, deserving ridicule |
derision | An act of mocking someone |