Chapter 3+4 OM&M Vocabulary
quiz 2/15 first 4 are slang terms
Terms
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- hoosegow
- a slang term for a jail
- on the county
- dependent on Welfare or Social security (government help)
- scram
- to get out or leave quickly
- Jerkline skinner
- the main driver of a mule team who handles the reins
- Welter
- a welterweight boxer or wrestler
- Derision
- ridicule, mockery
- receptive
- open and responsive to ideas or suggestions
- Solitaire
- game play by 1 person, using cards
- Scuttled
- to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry
- Kewpie Doll
- small chubby doll with a topknot of hair
- reprehensible
- Deserving blame
- Bemuse
- cause to be confused emotionally
- wryly
- drily humorous, often with a touch of irony
- hame
- the piece along the side of a horse collar to which the trace chains are attached
- Civil Code
- collection of laws or statutes relating to private rights or remedies
- Aloof
- Distant physically or emotionally; Separated and different
- meager
- small in amount, very dim,
- tattered
- torn, shredded, ragged
- fawning
- gaining the favor of another by acting overly kind or by flattery
- boring
- piercing look or stare
- apprehension
- anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen
- sullenness
- bad temper, gloomy
- averted
- turned away or aside; prevented; avoided