Of Mice and Men: Of Mice and Men Vocabulary Flashcards


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Of Mice and Men
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1

bindle

a bed roll and/or pack or personal belongings

2

jack

money

3

graybacks

lice

4

buck

a man

5

buckler

those who move or load heavy objects (like sacks of grain)

6

skinner

a driver of a draft team of animals

7

tart

prostitute

8

mules

shoes or slippers

9

found

free food and lodgings in addition to wages

10

hoosegow

jail

11

hame

part of the collar for a draft animal

12

booby hatch

insane asylum

13

floozy

cheap, immoral woman

14

snooker

a variation of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of assorted colors

15

mollify

to pacify or soften in feeling or temper

16

scud

to run or move quickly or hurriedly

17

console

to allieviate or lessen the grief

18

scornful

derisive; contemptuous

19

scuttle

to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry

20

ominous

portending evil or harm; foreboding

21

imperiously

dictatorially; overbearingly

22

writhe

to twist about or squirm as in pain

23

earnestly

effort made with sincere zeal

24

brindled

gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots

25

crestfallen

dejected; dispirited; discouraged

26

brusque

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

27

belligerent

aggressively hostile; warlike

28

contemptuous

disdainful; supercilious; haughty

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profound

having deep insight or understanding

30

scourge

to punish, chastise, or criticize severely

31

mottle

to mark or diversify with spots or blotches or color

32

contorted

twisted in a violent manner; distorted

33

disarming

removing or capable of removing hostility or suspicion

34

wryly

bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing

35

pugnacious

quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

36

morosely

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

37

dutiful

duteous

38

indignation

strong feeling of unjust or insulting actions

39

derogatory

belittling, uncomplimentary

40

tick

mattress

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dejected

depressed in spirits; disheartened

42

apologetically

to act with sorrow or regret

43

craftily

to act in a cunning, sly, or deceitful manner

44

ominous

foreboding, threatening, with evil or harm

45

defensive

guarded;protective

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complacently

to act placidly with self assurance; unaware of danger or threat

47

intensity

showing great strength and concentration

48

amusedly

to act pleseantly entertained or diverted

49

contemptuously

to act in a scornful or disdainful manner

50

dutifully

to perform the acts required of a person