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Of Mice and Men
Vocabulary 7
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English
10th Grade
12/03/2009

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aloof
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indifferent
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appreciation
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gratitude; thankful recognition
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bemused
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bewildered or confused
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brittle
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easily damaged or broken
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complacently
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contented to a fault
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derision
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ridicule; mockery
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imperiously
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urgent or overbearing; dictatorial
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indignation
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strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger
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junctures
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a place where two things are joined; a junction or joint
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mottled
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spotted or blotched with different shades or colors
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plaintively
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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
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pugnacious
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inclined to quarrel or fight readily
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relish
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pleasurable appreciation of anything; liking
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reprehensible
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deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy
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reverently
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feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful
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scuttled
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to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry
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slough
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to dispose or get rid of
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stilted
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stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous
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wisps
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a small bunch or bundle, as of straw, hair, or grass
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woodenly
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stiff and unnatural; without spirit
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