City Slickers Vocab Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| adultery | sex between a married person and someone other than his/her lawful spouse |
| amble | to walk slowly or leisurely |
| budge | to move slightly |
| castrate | to remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate |
| cattle | cows raised for the purpose of being eaten |
| herd | a group of grass eating animals, such as cows or sheep |
| city slicker | slang term for a person from an urban area |
| corral | an enclosed (fenced) area on a ranch used to hold animals |
| get it | to understand; to learn |
| glass is half empty | pessimistic |
| goofball | a foolish, immature person |
| grotesque | bizarre, inappropriate, excessive |
| hick | slang term for a person from the country |
| kid around | to joke with |
| leathery | to have an appearance like leather |
| lump | an irregularly shaped mass or piece; in medicine, a tumor that may or may not be cancerous |
| make an issue | to create a problem out of something that is not a problem |
| make it | to achieve or attain |
| mortality | the quality or condition of being mortal (subject to death) |
| mosey | to move in a leisurely, relaxed way; often used to describe the way a cowboy walks |
| ranch | an extensive farm, especially in the western United States, on which cattle, sheep, or horses are raised |
| sashay | to walk in a showy manner; often associated with the stereotyped “showy” walk of some gay men |
| harass | to irritate or bother constantly; to wear out, exhaust. |
| tacky | lacking good taste, style |
| catch | to discover dishonest behavior |
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