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BHS 3B OMAM VocCh1-2
Of Mice and Men Chapter 1-2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ticking | the fabric that covers a mattress |
| graybacks | lice |
| swamper | menial worker; all-purpose assistant liniment |
| stable buck | stable is where horses are kept; buck is a derogatory word for a black man |
| cultivator | a farm implement equipped with shovels, blades, etc used to break up soil and remove weeds |
| cesspool | a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house |
| lamely | impaired or disabled through defect or injury |
| mollified | to soften in feeling or temper; to pacify; to appease |
| pugnacious | inclined to fight or box; combative |
| scraps/scrappy | fond of fighting, arguing, or competing |
| ominous | portending evil or harm; threatening; foreboding |
| slough | to dispose of or get rid of |
| flounced | to go with impatient, exaggerated movements |
| plaintively | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful |
| bridled | to draw up the head and draw in the chin, as in disdain or resentment |
| apprehensive | uneasy or fearful about something that might happen |
| skinner | A person who drives draft animals, as mules or oxen |
| wheeler | the horse/mule closest to the wheel responsible for turning the rig |
| complacently | pleased, self-satisfied |
| mottled | marked with spots or blotches of a different color or shade |
| recumbant | lying down, reclining, or leaning |
| tramp | a person who travels on foot from place to place, especially a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food. |
| bindle | a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo |
| morosely | gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood |
| timidly | lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; shy |
| scowl | to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner; to have a gloomy or threatening look |
| despair | loss of hope; hopelessness |
| resignedly | to give up a position; to submit or yield |
| droned | to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; to speak in a monotonous tone |
| periscope | an instrument that has angled mirrors or prisms and allows objects not in the direct line of sight to be seen, often used on submarines and in military reconnaissance |
| elaborate | marked by intricate and often excessive detail; worked out with great care |
| pantomime | the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc, by gestures without speech |
| imperiously | domineering in a haughty manner; overbearing; imperative |
| dejectedly | to depress the spirits of; downcast |
| scoffed | to speak mockingly; to jeer |
| cat house | a brothel; whorehouse |
| irrigation ditch | a ditch into which the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops drains afterward |
| anguished | excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain |
| stake | to possess, claim, or reserve a share of land, profit, glory, etc,as if by marking or bounding with posts. |
| jack | slang for money |
| yammered | to whine or complain; to talk loudly or persistently |
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