English Of Mice and Men Vocab
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- Morose
- suddenly melancholy; gloomy
- Resigned
- to give up
- Brusque
- discourteosly blunt
- Imperious
- Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. Urgent; pressin
- Mollify
- to calm in temper or feeling; sooth
- Pugnacious
- combative in nature; belligerent
- Gingerly
- with great care or delicacy
- Ominous
- menacing, threatening
- Slough
- a large amount or number; a lot
- Plaintively
- expressing sorrow, mournful, or melancholy
- Bridle
- A harness used to guide or restrain the animal
- Apprehensive
- capabe of understanding and quick to apprehend
- Complacent
- Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned
- Subdued
- to quiet or bring under control by physicaly force or persuasion
- raptly
- deeply absorbed; engrossed
- Bemused
- to cause to be bewildered; confuse
- Wryly
- Dryly humorous, often with a touch or irony
- Aloof
- Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
- Disarm
- To divest of a weapon or weapons
- Bore
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1) to make weary by being dull, repetitive, or tedious
2)to make a hole in or throught something with or as if with a drill - Sullen
- Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment, gloomy
- Contemptuosly
- Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful
- Indignation
- Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy
- Writhe
- to twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment
- Belligerently
- Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive