Of Mice and Men Vocab

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Mottled

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Marked with spots or smears of color

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Recumbent

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lying down

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mollified

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ease anxiety

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pugnacious

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eager or quick to fight

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Plaintive

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expressing sorrow or sadness

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Derision

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Contemptuous ridicule or mocking

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Aloof

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Not friendly, distant

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indignation

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anger at perceived unfair treatment

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Jerk Line Skinner

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Lead mule team driver

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hoosegow

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prison