The Grapes of Wrath

anabelle R.
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  1. crease
    an angular indentation made by folding
  2. judiciously
    in a judicious manner
  3. cinch
    a band that holds a horse's saddle in place
  4. embankment
    a long artificial mound of stone or earth
  5. parapet
    a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
  6. scrawny
    being very thin
  7. scraggly
    lacking neatness or order
  8. zenith
    the highest point of something
  9. gob
    a lump of slimy stuff
  10. shoat
    a young pig
  11. auger
    a hand tool used to bore holes
  12. relish
    vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
  13. lean-to
    rough shelter whose roof has only one slope
  14. gopher
    small burrowing rodent species that often destroys crops
  15. truculently
    in a defiantly truculent manner
  16. noose
    a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot
  17. gully
    a deep ditch cut by running water
  18. ravenously
    in the manner of someone who is very hungry
  19. huffy
    quick to take offense
  20. skitter
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  21. jalopy
    a car that is old and unreliable
  22. screwy
    not behaving normally
  23. stringy
    consisting of or containing string or strings
  24. nuisance
    anything that disturbs, endangers life, or is offensive
  25. bashful
    self-consciously timid
  26. heifer
    young cow
  27. sidle
    move sideways
  28. chisel
    an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
  29. grizzled
    having gray or partially gray hair
  30. meerschaum
    a white clayey mineral
  31. rangy
    tall and thin and having long slender limbs
  32. matted
    tangled in a dense mass
  33. sizzle
    make a sound like frying fat
  34. deftly
    in an agile manner
  35. imperturbability
    calm and unruffled self-assurance
  36. sledge
    a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs
  37. bulbous
    rounded and bulging
  38. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  39. misshapen
    so badly formed or distorted as to be ugly
  40. warped
    bent or twisted out of normal shape
  41. listlessness
    inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
  42. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  43. squirt
    cause to come out in a squirt
  44. tinker
    do random, unplanned work or activities; spend time idly
  45. sty
    a pen for swine
  46. rakishly
    in a rakish manner
  47. slavish
    abjectly submissive; characteristic of a servant
  48. guayule
    much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber
  49. gelding
    castrated male horse
  50. colt
    a young male horse under the age of four
  51. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  52. hoyden
    a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
  53. ammeter
    a meter that measures the flow of electrical current in amperes
  54. gauge
    an instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity
  55. daintily
    in a refined manner
  56. scald
    burn with a hot liquid or steam
  57. carcass
    the dead body of an animal
  58. pliers
    a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and serrated jaws
  59. tarpaulin
    waterproofed canvas
  60. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  61. signet
    a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)
  62. lump
    a compact mass
  63. swarm
    a group of many things in the air or on the ground
  64. corrugated
    shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
  65. ore
    a mineral that contains metal valuable enough to be mined
  66. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  67. shingle
    building material used as siding or roofing
  68. tappet
    a lever that is moved in order to tap something else
  69. rim
    the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
  70. gasket
    seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
  71. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  72. tepid
    moderately warm
  73. jar
    a vessel with a wide mouth and without handles
  74. drone
    make a monotonous low dull sound
  75. derrick
    a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
  76. culvert
    a transverse and enclosed drain under a road or railway
  77. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  78. sulkily
    in a sulky manner
  79. cowl
    a loose hood or hooded robe
  80. mattock
    a kind of pick that is used for digging
  81. strew
    spread by scattering
  82. anlage
    an organ in its earliest stage of development
  83. mica
    any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
  84. screech
    sharp piercing cry
  85. bridle
    headgear for a horse
  86. quoit
    game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
  87. sap
    a watery fluid that circulates in a plant
  88. accouterment
    clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
  89. sullen
    showing a brooding ill humor
  90. morosely
    in a sullen, moody manner
  91. urn
    a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
  92. whang
    the act of hitting vigorously
  93. buzzard
    a vulture common in South America and the southern U.S.
  94. sassy
    improperly forward or bold
  95. lax
    without rigor or strictness
  96. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
  97. babbitt
    an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony
  98. gunny
    coarse jute fabric
  99. tarp
    a sheet of waterproofed canvas
  100. derelict
    a person without a home, job, or property
  101. shim
    a thin wedge of material for driving into crevices
  102. spool
    a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
  103. snug
    enjoying comforting warmth and shelter in a small space
  104. ditch
    a long narrow excavation in the earth
  105. limp
    walk unevenly due to pain, injury, or weakness
  106. dungaree
    a coarse durable cotton fabric used to make jeans
  107. fret
    be agitated or irritated
  108. shallowly
    in a shallow manner
  109. querulously
    in a peevish manner
  110. braggart
    a very boastful and talkative person
  111. ostracism
    the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
  112. stout
    having rugged physical strength
  113. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  114. jowl
    a looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw
  115. queer
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  116. epaulet
    an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder
  117. skillet
    a pan used for frying foods
  118. flighty
    guided by whim and fancy
  119. jut
    extend out or project in space
  120. scythe
    an edge tool for cutting grass
  121. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  122. blaster
    a workman employed to blast with explosives
  123. sturdy
    having rugged physical strength
  124. grimy
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt
  125. belligerently
    in the manner of someone eager to fight
  126. tawny
    having the color of tanned leather
Created on Sun Aug 18 21:54:42 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Aug 28 15:15:10 EDT 2013)

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