Of Mice and Men

Mrs. Gray (United States of America)
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  1. morosely
    in a sullen, moody manner
    He wandered morosely into the streets: it started to rain and he took refuge in the cinema. Brown, Ivor
  2. pantomime
    a performance using gestures and movements without words
  3. contemplate
    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
  4. imply
    express or state indirectly
  5. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  6. exposition
    a collection of things for public display
  7. setting
    the physical position of something
  8. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  9. drone
    make a monotonous low dull sound
  10. douse
    wet thoroughly
  11. yammer
    talk or complain incessantly
  12. juncture
    the shape or manner in which things come together
  13. imperiously
    in a manner showing arrogant superiority
  14. cesspool
    a covered cistern for waste water and sewage
  15. ominously
    in a manner suggesting something bad will happen
    As dusk settled in, a huge wall of smoke and clouds hung ominously over Black Forest.
  16. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  17. derogatory
    expressive of low opinion
  18. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  19. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
    One firm in Switzerland has 60 different dialects on their trading floors.” Forbes (Mar 5, 2013)
  20. novella
    a short novel
    Mo has published 11 novels so far, as well as dozens of short stories and novellas.
  21. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  22. figuratively
    in a non-literal sense
    As soon as we returned from the inspection trip, the boss pulled off his coat—figuratively speaking—and rolled up his sleeves. Lynde, Francis
  23. literally
    without exaggeration
    “I am literally talking to a guy from his hospital bed.
Created on Sun Oct 20 22:46:19 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Oct 20 22:57:25 EDT 2013)

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