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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

    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.
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