OF MICE AND MEN VOCABULARY
1. accumulate get or gather together
2. accumulated periodically accumulated over time
3. adjust alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
4. adjusted altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation
5. aloof remote in manner
6. amaze affect with wonder
7. appraise consider in a comprehensive way
8. apprehensive in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
9. arouse call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
10. automatically in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
11. bait something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
12. beak horny projecting mouth of a bird
13. bemused perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
14. bounce spring back; spring away from an impact
15. brakes a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor
vehicle
16. bristle a stiff hair
17. brittle having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
18. cage an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
19. calculate make a mathematical calculation or computation
20. carnival a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
21. chuckle a soft partly suppressed laugh
22. concentrate make denser, stronger, or purer
23. cone a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
24. console give moral or emotional strength to
25. contemplate think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
26. cower crouch or curl up
27. crestfallen brought low in spirit
28. cringe draw back, as with fear or pain
29. dabble bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
30. debris the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
31. deliberate carefully thought out in advance
32. derision the act of deriding or treating with contempt
33. derogatory expressive of low opinion
34. discourage try to prevent; show opposition to
35. disengage release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
36. don teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
37. douse wet thoroughly
38. drone an unchanging intonation
39. dusk the time of day immediately following sunset
40. elaborate marked by complexity and richness of detail
41. fascinate to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
42. fawning attempting to win favor by flattery
43. giggle laugh nervously
44. gingerly in a careful manner
45. glimmer a flash of light (especially reflected light)
46. gust a strong current of air
47. hoof the foot of an ungulate mammal
48. imitate reproduce someone's behavior or looks
49. inspect look over carefully
50. invade march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and
occupation
51. jeer laugh at with contempt and derision
52. juncture the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
53. labored requiring or showing effort
54. laboring doing arduous or unpleasant work
55. lightweight weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
56. lizard relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
57. maul injure badly by beating
58. meager deficient in amount or quality or extent
59. mimic imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
60. moisture wetness caused by water
61. mollify cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
62. monotonous sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
63. mottled having spots or patches of color
64. pantomime a performance using gestures and body movements without words
65. precede be earlier in time; go back further
66. pugnacious tough and callous by virtue of experience
67. reassure cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
68. receptive able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
69. rectangle a parallelogram with four right angles
70. recumbent lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
71. reprehensible bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
72. reversal the act of reversing the order or place of
73. rigidly in a rigid manner
74. ripple a small wave on the surface of a liquid
75. rustle make a dry crackling sound
76. scoff laugh at with contempt and derision
77. scoop the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
78. scourge something causing misery or death
79. scratch cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
80. scuttle an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
81. shallow lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer
surface or backward or outward from a center
82. slough a hollow filled with mud
83. sniff perceive by inhaling through the nose
84. snivel cry or whine with snuffling
85. spine the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
86. squat sit on one's heels
87. starve die of food deprivation
88. stilted artificially formal
89. stump the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
90. subdue put down by force or intimidation
91. subside sink to a lower level or form a depression
92. tangle twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
93. trigger lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
94. twinkling shining intermittently with a sparkling light
95. unaware (often followed by `of') not conscious of
96. vial a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
97. welter a confused multitude of things
98. whinny the characteristic sounds made by a horse
99. whistle the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
100.
wiggle move to and fro
101.
writhe to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)