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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest STUDENT’S COPY jetty – a wharf, pier jowly – fleshy juggernaut – an unstoppable force keelhaul – to drag a person through the water under a boat leering – looking at lustfully leery– afraid, wary leucotomy – a medical practice similar to a lobotomy libidos – sexual desires limbering – loosening up; warming up lolling – flopping lucid – clear; bright maudlin – mushy; overly sentimental measly – small, meager momentum – energy; thrust monetary – relating to money mooring – a place to tie up a boat nemesis – an opponent, enemy ogling – gawking, staring outlandish – strange, weird passle – [passel] a large group pathetic – sad, wretched peeved – annoyed, aggravated petrified – solidified; set philanthropy – doing good for others, usually financially; charity pilings – docks, piers pimp – a person who obtains prostitutes for men pitchmen – smooth-talking fair or carnival vendor placate – to calm or please prattle – silly or foolish talk protocol – rules of conduct prototype – an example provocative – causing a strong reaction punitive – punishing ramshackle – rickety; broken down ranting and raving – shouting, yelling recriminations – counter attacks relinquishing – giving up reprimand – to scold, rebuke rowdy – a rough, loud person ruddy – glowing; healthy looking sadism – cruelty sadistically – cruelly, viciously scaffolding – a framework schizophrenic – having a mental illness sidles – inches; edges 3 STUDY GUIDE
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest STUDENT’S COPY skittishness – nervousness; excitability slag – industrial waste speculate – to guess speculations – risky decisions; gambles spiels – informal speeches meant to persuade or excuse spoofing – lies or stories told humorously squalor – filth stoicism – emotional strength strenuous – difficult stupor – a daze sulky – moody, sullen superego – in Freudian psychology, it is the center of rules; the conscience swaggers – struts; shows off throttle – a lever that controls an engine thwarted – hindered, obstructed tizzy – a panic; state of upset trestle – a frame trollers – fishing boats that drag bait through the water turret – a tower twitches – [slang] prostitutes uncanny – strange uncouth – improper veritable – true; real vogue – style vulnerable – helpless, defenseless waiver – an agreement; contract warped – twisted; distorted welded – glued wheedle – to coax; cajole whetstone – a stone used to sharpen knives wistful – thoughtful and sad yen – a longing, yearning, desire 4 STUDY GUIDE
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