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Of Mice and Men

• Vocabulary, ENG 10

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Bindle

• (noun) A blanket-roll or a pack of personal
  belongings

George unslung his bindle and dropped it gently
on the bank.
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Brusquely

• (adverb) roughly, abruptly ungraciously harsh

George brusquely grabbed the mouse from Lennies
hand.
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Heron

• (noun) a long-necked wading bird with a long bill
  and large wings

The heron dipped its beak in the water to catch
a fish.
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Imperiously

• (adverb) commandingly arrogantly bossily

Georges hand remained outstretched imperiously.
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Juncture

• (noun) the point where two things join

They finally reached the juncture of the river to
the lake after a long day of walking.
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Lumbered

• (verb) moved slowly, as though weighted down

Lennie lumbered to his feet and disappeared in
the brush.
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Morosely

• (adverb) sadly gloomily

George stared morosely at the fire.
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Mottled

• (adjective) Spotted blotched with colors

and sycamores with mottled, white, limbs and
branches that arch over the pool.
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Recumbent

• (adjective) leaning resting

sycamores withrecumbent limbs and branches
that arch over the pool.
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Yammered

• (verb) Uttered repeated cries

Up the hill from the river a coyote yammered,
and a dog answered from the other side of the
stream.