Vocabulary

1.Jeering: to speakor shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely
"From outside came the clang of horseshoes on the playing peg and the shouts of men, playing, encouraging, jeering" (92).

2. Meager: lacking respectable or desirable qualities including richness and strength
"In the stable buck's room a small electric globe threw a meager yellow light"(74).

3.Bindle: describes a bag or sack that it sterotypically carried by a hobo
"George undid his bindle and brought out three cans of beans" (11).

4.Acrhly: an arch or roguish manner
"She smiled archly and twisted her body" (35).

5. Recumbent: lying down; reclining; leaning
"...and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool" (1).

6. Drone: to speak in a dull tone; monotone
"Lennie droned to himself softly, "I ain't gonna say nothin'....I ain't gonna say nothin'....I ain't gonna say nothin' "(7).

7. Irrigation: the watering of land by fake attempts to enhance plant growth
"She yells and we got to hide in an irrigation ditch all day with guys lookin' for us, and we got to sneak out in the dark and get outta the country"(12).

8. Woodenly: awkwardly stiff or solid
"He said woodenly, "If I was alone I could live so easy"(114).

9. Contemptuously: an attitude of disrespect and utter despise toward another
"Awright," she said contemptuously. "Awright, cover 'im up if ya wanna. Whatta I care"(86)?

10. Fawning: to display affection; expressing feelings of a flattering manner
"Lennie gulped and his smile grew more fawning"(75).