The Grapes of Wrath Vocab

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Power words from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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apprehensive

worried over possible misfortune

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baptism

Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

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belligerent

hostile; or one already engaged in a fight or war

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complacent

content (unworried and satisfied) - often to a fault

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contempt

lack of respect, often accompanied by a feeling of dislike or disgust

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cultivate

enhance growth or development

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culvert

pipe or other enclosed channel that carries runoff water beneath a road or sidewalk

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exhort

urge strongly

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gravely

in a serious or solemn manner

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implement

tool or other useful object

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listless

lacking energy and normal enthusiasm

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ominous

threatening (foreshadowing bad things to come)

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ostracism

the act of excluding someone from a community or group

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pauper

someone who is very poor

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parole

conditional early release from imprisonment

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perplex

confuse

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proprietor

owner of a business

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18

protrude

stick out from

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repress

hold back

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restive

uneasy, impatient, and difficult to control

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reverent

with feelings of deep respect and admiration

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squatter

someone who lives in an unoccupied place without the legal right

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sullen

showing a gloomy or bad mood

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vagrant

someone who has no regular home or job

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wizened

thin and wrinkled — typically from age or illness

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