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

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

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

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

5. Plod
Walk heavily or firmly.

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

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

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

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

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

11. vivacious
Full of spirit; lively.

12. Ravenous
Extremely hungry.

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

14. Rivulet
A small stream.

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