Vocabulary for The Grapes of Wrath Ms. Kucinski English ii CP

To scatter; to separate and go in different directions. Dissipate To scatter; to separate and go in different directions.

Wizen To become dry, shrunken, or wrinkled, typically due to age or a lack of vitality.

Cunning Clever; skillful; having or showing skill in achieving one’s end by deceit.

Plod Walk heavily or firmly.

To beg; ask for; request in an urgent, emotional way. Beseech To beg; ask for; request in an urgent, emotional way.

Unwilling to cooperate; difficult to deal with; irritable Cantankerous Unwilling to cooperate; difficult to deal with; irritable

Malice Feeling a need to see others suffer; the intention or desire to do evil.

A person who has no residence or visible means of support. Vagrant A person who has no residence or visible means of support.

Unable to be comforted; extremely unhappy. Disconsolate Unable to be comforted; extremely unhappy.

vivacious Full of spirit; lively.

Ravenous Extremely hungry.

Cruel; acting in an aggressive, belligerent, savage-like manner. Truculent Cruel; acting in an aggressive, belligerent, savage-like manner.

Rivulet A small stream.

To walk around aimlessly; wander about with no apparent direction. Saunter To walk around aimlessly; wander about with no apparent direction.