Chapter 1-3 vocab OF Mice and Men

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mottled

Back

spotted with different colors

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recumbent

Back

lying down or resting

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On the sandy bank under the trees, the leaves lie deep and so crisp that a lizard makes a great skittering if he runs among them.

Back

quick, light movement

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morosely George stared morosely at the water.

Back

sadly or gloomily

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Lennie lumbered to his feet and disappeared in the brush.

Back

moved clumsily or heavily

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Lennie’s lip quivered and tears started in his eyes. Quivered most likely means...

Back

Lennie is upset or emotional.

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Up the hill from the river a coyote yammered.

Back

to talk or complain loudly and repetitively

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scourges

Back

pests

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Scoff

Back

mock or ridicule

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His glance was calculating and pugnacious.

Back

eager to argue