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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest TEACHER’S COPY<br />

intuitive – insightful, perceptive<br />

irate – very angry<br />

jargon – language<br />

jetty – a wharf, pier<br />

jowly – fleshy<br />

juggernaut – an unstoppable force<br />

keelhaul – to drag a person through the water under a boat<br />

leering – looking at lustfully<br />

leery– afraid, wary<br />

leucotomy – a medical practice similar to a lobotomy<br />

libidos – sexual desires<br />

limbering – loosening up; warming up<br />

lolling – flopping<br />

lucid – clear; bright<br />

maudlin – mushy; overly sentimental<br />

measly – small, meager<br />

momentum – energy; thrust<br />

monetary – relating to money<br />

mooring – a place to tie up a boat<br />

nemesis – an opponent, enemy<br />

ogling – gawking, staring<br />

outlandish – strange, weird<br />

passle – [passel] a large group<br />

pathetic – sad, wretched<br />

peeved – annoyed, aggravated<br />

petrified – solidified; set<br />

philanthropy – doing good for others, usually financially; charity<br />

pilings – docks, piers<br />

pimp – a person who obtains prostitutes for men<br />

pitchmen – smooth-talking fair or carnival vendor<br />

placate – to calm or please<br />

prattle – silly or foolish talk<br />

protocol – rules of conduct<br />

prototype – an example<br />

provocative – causing a strong reaction<br />

punitive – punishing<br />

ramshackle – rickety; broken down<br />

ranting and raving – shouting, yelling<br />

recriminations – counter attacks<br />

relinquishing – giving up<br />

reprimand – to scold, rebuke<br />

rowdy – a rough, loud person<br />

ruddy – glowing; healthy looking<br />

sadism – cruelty<br />

sadistically – cruelly, viciously<br />

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