Grapes of Wrath Vocab
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Spanish | English |
|---|---|
 wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| feral | not domesticated or cultivated :wild |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| dispossessed | deprived of homes, possessions, and security |
| pinion | wing: feather, quill |
| reverential | expressing or having a quality of honor or respect |
| servile | of or befitting a slave or a menial position |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| docile | easily led or managed |
| effluvium | an offensive smell |
| anlage | the foundation of a subsequent development |
| truculent | cruel, savage |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| pique | offense |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| swale | a low-lying or depressed and often wet stretch of land |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy: powerful |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment: wise |
| bemused | to make confused |
| declivity | a descending slope |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| patina | a superficial covering or exterior |
| ravenous | very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| titular | bearing a title : titled |
| restiveness | stubbornly resisting control: fidgety |
| fatuously | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| voluptuous | full of delight or pleasure to the senses |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| citadel | a fortress that commands a city |
| zenith | the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body |
| parapet | a low wall or railing to protect the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge |
| putrescence | the decomposition of organic matter |
| skulk | to hide or conceal something out of cowardice or fear |
| degenerate | having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state |
| fallow | cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season |
| zygote | the developing individual produced from such a cell |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| cunningly | crafty in the use of special resources or in attaining an end |
| emulsion | a system consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size |
| accouterment | an accessory item of clothing or equipment |
| circuitousness | not being forthright or direct in language or action |
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