Unit 6: Novel Study: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 13–21

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  1. truculence
    stubborn and defiant aggressiveness
  2. tepid
    moderately warm
  3. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  4. modulate
    adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
  5. diminish
    decrease in size, extent, or range
  6. reluctant
    disinclined to become involved
  7. dwindle
    become smaller or lose substance
  8. plummet
    drop sharply
  9. indicate
    designate a place, direction, person, or thing
  10. mechanism
    the technical aspects of doing something
  11. vagrant
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  12. proprietor
    someone who owns a business
  13. concession
    a point that is yielded
  14. querulous
    habitually complaining
  15. transcend
    go beyond the scope or limits of
  16. ostracism
    the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
  17. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
  18. vehemence
    intensity or forcefulness of expression
  19. feral
    wild and menacing
  20. accumulation
    a gain or increase in something over time
  21. nebulous
    lacking definition or definite content
  22. dispossess
    deprive someone of something, especially property
  23. repression
    control by holding down
  24. encampment
    a site where people can pitch a tent
  25. incline
    an elevated geological formation
  26. nondescript
    lacking distinct or individual characteristics
  27. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  28. contractor
    someone who is hired to build things
  29. prominent
    conspicuous in position or importance
Created on Tue Dec 08 16:10:14 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 16 18:28:21 EST 2020)

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