East of Eden Vocabulary List

Jeremy H. (Taiwan)
Jeremy's American Literature Vocabulary List
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  1. malingering
    evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
  2. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  3. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  4. mercantile
    relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
  5. gulch
    a narrow gorge or ravine cut by a stream
  6. crevasse
    a deep fissure
  7. coverlet
    a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)
  8. marshal
    lead ceremoniously, as in a procession
  9. claimant
    someone who seeks a benefit, right, title, or payment
  10. squib
    firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
  11. mannered
    having unnatural behavioral attributes
  12. imperceptible
    impossible or difficult to sense
  13. brood
    hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
  14. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
  15. liniment
    a topical liquid that relieves muscle stiffness and pain
  16. sheaf
    a package of several things tied together
  17. lull
    make calm or still
  18. ratchet
    move by degrees in one direction only
  19. mutinous
    characterized by a rebellion against authority
  20. limp
    walk unevenly due to pain, injury, or weakness
  21. ingress
    the act of entering
  22. cackle
    emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
  23. carping
    persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  24. unassailable
    impossible to attack
  25. shoat
    a young pig
  26. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  27. absinthe
    strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
  28. earmark
    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  29. pubescent
    having arrived at the onset of puberty but not fully mature
  30. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  31. pigeonhole
    a small compartment
  32. doltish
    heavy and dull and stupid
  33. celibacy
    abstaining from sexual relations
  34. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  35. crepe
    a small, thin pancake
  36. obliquely
    not in a direct or straightforward manner
  37. scabbard
    a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
  38. mortuary
    a building where bodies are kept before burial or cremation
  39. coolly
    in a composed and unconcerned manner
  40. carbuncle
    deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
  41. privet
    any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
Created on Tue May 14 22:22:19 EDT 2013 (updated Sun May 19 22:49:54 EDT 2013)

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