| bindle | A bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo |
| brusquely | Quickly; Abruptly, Somewhat rudely |
| heron | a long-necked wading bird with a long tapering bill, large wings, and soft plumage |
| imperiously | commandingly; arrogantly; dominantly |
| jack | money |
| juncture | a point of union; intersection, or connection |
| lumbered | moved ponderously, as though weighed down; slow and troubled |
| morosely | sullen and gloomy; brooding; sad |
| mottled | spotted; blotched with color |
| recumbent | leaning; resting |
| thrashin’ machine | a machine used for seperating grain crops into grain or seeds and straw |
| yammered | to whine or complain |
| apprehensive | anxious;nervous;fearful |
| archly | cleverly; mischeviously |
| barley | a cereal grass used in malt beverages, breakfest foods, and stock feeds |
| bridles | showed hostility or resentment |
| brittle | sharp; tense; lacking warmth |
| buck | a male human being; a man |
| buckers | those who move or load heavy objects |
| complacently | with self-satisfaction |
| contorted | twisted into a strange shape or expression |
| cultivator | a machine used to loosen the soil while crops are growing |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion; degrading; disrespectful |
| graybacks | lice |
| grizzled | streaked with gray; not clean-shaven |
| handy | clever in using the hands |
| liniment | a liquid or semi-liquid preparation applied to the skin as a pain reliever |
| mollified | soothed; appeased; assuged |
| mules | shoes or slippers without heel straps |
| ominously | warningly; threateningly |
| plaintively | in a woeful or sad tone |
| profound | all encompassing; complete |
| pugnacious | having a hostile, aggressive nature; combative |
| scourges | cause of widespread or great sickness |
| skeptically | uncertainly; doubtfully |
| skinner | a driver of draft animals |
| swamper | a general assistant; a handyman; a helper |
| tart | an escort |
| tick | a mattress consisting of its filling and its fabric case |
| trace chains | two chains, straps, or lines of harness used to attach an animal to something to be drawn such as a vehicle |
| wheeler | a draft animal (as a horse or mule) pulling in the position nearest the front wheels of a wagon |
| bemused | lost in thought |
| derision | an expression or ridicule or contempt |
| euchre | a card game in which each player is dealt five cards and the player making trump must take three tricks to win the hand |
| found | free food and lodging in addition to wages |
| goo-goo | used mostly in the phrase goo-goo eyes; used to mean those who are “love-struck” or romantic |
| hoosegow | jail |
| kewpie | a small chubby doll with a topknot of hair |
| receptive | open and responsive |
| reprehensible | deserving of criticism or reprimand; punishable |
| rheumatism | any of the various conditions characterized by swelling or pain in muscles, joints, or fibrous tissues |
| scuttled | ran playfully and nimbly; scurried |
| solemnly | seriously;gravely |
| welter (welterweight) | a boxer weighing between 135 and 147 pounds |
| wryly | cleverly, often with ironic or grim humor |
| aloof | reserved; emotionally detached |
| appraised | evaluated; judged |
| bindle stiffs | hoboes; homeless migratory workers |
| booby hatch | insane asylum |
| brutally | harshly; unfeelingly |
| contemptuously | despisingly; disrespectfully |
| crestfallen | dejected; disheartened |
| disarming | displaying no criticism or hostility; the lessening of fears or suspicions |
| fawning | humble; spiritless |
| floozy | a woman of loose morals |
| hame | one of two curved projections which are attached to a collar of a draft animal and to which the traces are fastened |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy or mean |
| sullenness | gloominess; disagreeableness; sulkiness |
| consoled | comforted; alleviated the grief |
| earnestly | seriously; intently |
| sulkily | moodily; sullenly |
| writhed | turned, twisted, wrenched as if in pain or suffering |
| belligerently | assertively; with aggressive hostility |
| dutifully | with a sense of duty, obligation, or respect |
| scornfully | contemptuously; derisively; with angry rejection |
| scudded | moved swiftly as if driven forward |
| skittered | glided or skipped lightly or quickly along a surface |
| snooker | a variation of pool played with fifteen red balls and six balls of various colors |
Of Mice And Men Vocabulary Chapters 1-6
April 26, 2020