Unit 8 (The Grapes of Wrath 16-30)

Abasement

depriving one of self-esteem; humiliation; a low or downcast state

Dote

shower with love; show excessive affection for

Fetid

offensively malodorous; stinking

Gawk

look with amazement; look stupidly

Imperious

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

Intone

recite with musical intonation; recite as a chance or a psalm; utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

Jaunty

having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

Lax

lacking in rigor or strictness; lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; relaxed

Levee

an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

Ostracism

the act of excluding someone from society by general consent; the state of being banished or ostracized

Penitent

feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

Putrefy

become putrid; decay with an offensive smell

Querulous

habitually complaining

Reverential

feeling or manifesting veneration, respect

Smolder

burn slowly and without flame; have strong suppressed feelings

Sorrow

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

Vagrant

a wanderer who as no established residence or visible means of support

Vehmence

instesity or forcefulness of expression

Windfall

a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); fruit that has fallen from the tree

Wrath

intense anger (usually on an epic scale); belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)