| alfalfa | a plant widely grown for animal feed |
| barrel | the long part of a gun through which the bullet travels when it is fired |
| bemused | deeply absorbed in thought.:The crowd was thoroughly ______ because the speaker constantly contradicted himself and it was impossible to understand his point |
| bleated | A cry usually associated with a goat,sheep,or calf. |
| candy wagon | a crew bus or truck used for transportating people |
| chamber | a part of a gun that hold the next bullet to be shot |
| cots | apricots |
| cowering | to shrink and tremble from fear: The man was ______ in fear as the bouncer tried to throw him out of the club. |
| crouched | squatting close to the ground: The man _______ down behind the bushes to hide from the angry mob. |
| defensively | in a defensive manner: She screamed ________ at the woman who tried to punch her in the face. |
| derision | the act of deriding or treating with contempt:The fact that franchise include people who have received refunds and been sent a season ticket was the subject of much ______. |
| does | female rabbits: Those female deer are actually called _____. |
| dusk | the time of evening just before dark: My mother told me to come in before _____ for dinner. |
| ejector | a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing |
| euchre | a card game |
| hands | workers |
| loaded shell | an unfired bullet |
| magazine | part of the gun that hold the bullets |
| orchard | a place where fruit trees grow |
| pig pen | a pen, in this case, is a small enclosures for animals. A pig pen is a small enclose for pigs. |
| receptive | open and responsive to ideas or suggestions |
| reprehensible | (adj.) deserving blame or punishment |
| rheumatism | any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues |
| sarcastically | in a manner using statements or implications opposite to the underlying meaning |
| setter dog | A setter is any of several breeds of long-haired dogs usually trained to work with hunters. |
| slug | a single drink of alchohol |
| smoke | many meats can be preserved by smoking |
| smoke house | a building where meat or fish is cured (prepared) by means of dense smoke. |
| thong | leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip |
Of Mice and Men vocab chapter 3
April 29, 2020