| Swamper | | Something happens that is the opposite of what is expected to happen |
| Novella | | To think about deeply |
| Bindle | | The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work |
| Characterization | | Old swamper with no right hand |
| 1930 | | a coastal California city about 130 miles south of San Francisco; location the novella takes place |
| Ominously | | A long, rectangual room where the ranch workers live, but the stable-buck is not allowed |
| Morosely | | Lennie's unexpected last name |
| Curley's Wife | | A word, color or object that stands for another word or abstract idea |
| Mollified | | A regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation |
| Bunkhouse | | When something is being suggested without being stated out loud |
| Cesspool | | The central idea or messahe of a story; NOT the summary |
| infer | | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented |
| Jack | | _________________ workers more from ranch to ranch in search of work |
| Foreshadowing | | Gloomily, sullenly |
| Migrant | | Powerful, big stomached guy who asks about Lulu's puppies |
| George | | One of the main characters who is described as, "a huge man, shapeless of face." |
| Crooks | | a northern California mining town; where the two main character came from |
| Pantomime | | Boss's son who has the Napoleon Complex and wears high-heeled boots and a glove filled with vaseline |
| Boss | | Jerkline Skinner who demands attention |
| imply | | Slang term for money |
| Slim | | Decade that the novella takes place in |
| Deragatory | | A bundle, as of bedding, carried by a hobo |
| Soledad | | Pretty, but promiscous woman who is like "poison" for the ranch workers |
| Curley | | Literary Technique; when the author provides hints about what is to come |
| Skinner | | Mattress covering |
| Symbol | | An underground reservoir for liquid waste (as household sewage) |
| Carlson | | Is the information needed to understand a story prior to reading it like setting and characters, etc |
| Tick | | Mistreated stable-buck who likes to read |
| exposition | | To sooth in temper or disposition; pacify |
| Candy | | He "gives the stable-buck hell" when he gets upset |
| Small | | Having a quarrelsome or combative nature; always looking for a fight; Curley could described using this word |
| Contemplated | | A mule driver |
| Weed | | A work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel |
| Irony | | Discriminating against people because of their race, gender, age, etc. |
| Pugnacious | | In a threatening way; Curley speeks in this manner to the ranch workers |
| Lennie | | Handyman; someone who performs odd jobs—such as cleaning |
| Prejudice | | Performance using gestures and body movements without words |
| Theme | | One of the main characters who is described as, " small and quick....with restless eyes." |
| Droned | | Belittling or insulting; Crooks is spoken to in this manner |
| Dialect | | To have spoken in a monotonous tone |
