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A vocabulary word list for The Pearl is arranged in order of appearance:
- I – The Gift:
bandy-legged, contemplative, disparaging, hasp, hackamore, lax, manger, nicker, reproachful, putrefied, dispirit, convulsive, cooped, mope, whet, ague, bridle, halter, headstall, withers (noun), strangles (noun),currying, riata
- II- The Great Mountains:
sidle, despair, paisanos, saunter, relent, rapier, ferocious, disembowel, diffidently, imperturbable
- III – The Promise:
phantom, languorous, nonchalant, pasturage, peonage, fatuous, skitter, scabbard, desolation, entrails
- IV – Leader of the People:
smug, rancor, gaiters, drone, judicious, contemptuous, cleft, dignity
- Bonus of Horse terms:
gelding, stallion, mare, foal, stud, dam, colt, bay, withers, forelock, flanks, dapples, geld
Links to vocabulary words lists and puzzles for other John Steinbeck novels:
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
The Red Pony
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Thank you, Celestine S. Candida, a middle school teacher at St. Mark’s School in Downey, California, for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com of a vocabulary word list for The Pearl by John Steinbeck.
