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Of Mice and Men
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| juncture | connection |
| debris | fragments |
| mottled | colorful |
| recumbent | comfortable, resting |
| morosely | gloomy; thoughtfully |
| lumbered | stomp |
| brusquely | quick and rude |
| pantomime | pretend |
| contemplated | thought deeply about |
| imperiously | demanding |
| anguished | distressed |
| yammered | talk loudly and fast; howl |
| scoff | tease |
| mollified | calm down |
| pugnacious | agressive in nature |
| gingerly | in a careful matter |
| handy | clever and useful |
| ominously | indicating that something bad is going to happen |
| sloughtly | to take off; shed |
| deragatory | offensive |
| flounced | moved in a dramatic way |
| plaintly | in a sad way |
| decisive | able to make decisions quickly |
| complacently | proudly |
| derision | mockery |
| lynch | to put to death by hanging by a crowd |
| concealing | hide |
| stride | to walk with long steps showing confidence |
| gnawing | persistant and annoing |
| entranced | to fill with wonder |
| reprehensible | very bad |
| bemused | puzzled |
| wryly | dryly funny often with a touch of irony |
| cowering | crouch in fear |
| regarded | known as |
| solemnly | in a serious manner |
| mauled | bruised |
| aloof | uninvolved |
| meager | poor |
| linement | a liquid pain releaver |
| fawing | showing affection |
| disarming | charming |
| scornful | angry |
| brutally | in a cruel way |
| indignation | anger about unfairness |
| averted | turned away |
| appraised | made a judgement about |
| crestfallen | sad |