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Mice & Men Chapter2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scoff | To make fun of; tease |
| Mollified | soothed, appeased; calmed |
| Pugnacious | Belligerent or aggressive in nature; quarrelsome |
| Gingerly | very carefully |
| Handy | clever and useful |
| Ominosly | in a threatening way, indicatiating something bad is going to happen |
| Slough | to cast something off; shed |
| derogatory | critical or disparaging |
| flounced | moved in an exaggerated or angry way |
| plaintively | in a sorrowful or melancholy way; mournfully |
| decisive | able to make decisions quick ;firm |
| complacently | with self satisfaction; smugly |