| bunkhouse | a building for the sleeping quarters of ranch workers |
| whitewashed | a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc. |
| latch | spring-loaded door lock that can only be opened from the outside with a key |
| burlap ticking | cloth case for a mattress made from a coarse, inexpensive, woven fabric |
| occupant | someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there |
| talcum powder | a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented |
| vial | a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) |
| cast-iron | molten iron poured into a mould to make a product |
| rushing stars | falling stars, shooting stars |
| stoop-shouldered | hunched |
| scourge | a person who inspires fear or dread |
| splotch | an irregularly shaped spot |
| bristly | stiff and prickly |
| liniment | a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain |
| hearty | healthy; strong |
| to relish | to enjoy greatly |
| stocky | heavy and compact in form or stature |
| Stetson hat | a broad-brimmed, high crowned felt hat of beaver and rabbit skins |
| cultivator | a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) |
| bale | a large bundle bound for storage or transport |
| cesspool | underground reservoir for waste |
| viciously | likely to do evil |
| muzzle | a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal’s snout (especially a dog’s nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting |
| nosey | curious |
| to mollify | to calm; soothe |
| pugnacious | ready and able to resort to force or violence |
| to squirm | to move uncomfortably, nervously |
| levelly | calmly |
| ominously | In a way that threatens danger |
| vaseline | a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly |
| derogatory | insulting or intended to insult |
| plaintively | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournfully |
| to contort | 1. (transitive) To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury.2. (intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression. |
| brittle | easily broken when subjected to pressure |
| apprehensive | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm |
| complacently | in a self-satisfied way |
| to douse | to plunge into water, throw liquid on |
Of Mice and Men Ch. 2 Vocabulary
April 28, 2020