Of Mice and Men: Ch. 3

derision

(n) scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

receptive

(adj) open and responsive to ideas or suggestions

lynch

(v) putting a person to death, usually by hanging, without legal authority.

euchre

(n) a card game

San Quentin

(n) a state prison located north of San Francisco, CA.

hoosegow

(n) a slang term for a jail

reprehensible

(adj) deserving blame or punishment

bemused

(adj) confused; bewildered

welter

(n) a type of boxer or wrestler

On the Country

(slang) have nowhere to go; be put on welfare