word of the day: HERMAPHRODITE

Hermaphrodite, n [hər-māf'rə-dīt']

Meaning:
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

Synonyms:
androgyne; epicene; gynandromorph; intersex

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

# Feathers From A Thousand Li Away:
sulk:
unanimous:
chenille:
smudge:
concubine:
doom:
pavilion:
squaw:

# The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates:
replica:
scurry:
immediacy:
jaunty:
ruffle:
celestial:
cascade:
arpeggio:
petticoat:
gawker:
fiasco:
Alakazam:

# American Translation:
leprosy:
swoon:
shudder:
doily:

# Queen Mother Of The Western Skies:
impertinent:
teak:
rickshaw:
kowtow:
shun:
ravel:
wonderment:
insidious:
syndrome:
trinket:
reverentially:
jut:
orgy:
essence:

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck vocabulary

# pp. 1-16 --
mottled:
droned:
periscope:
lumbered:
imperiously:
hutch:
juncture:
skitter:
pantomime:
imperiously:
morosely:

# pp. 17-37 --
liniment:
cesspool:
ominously:
trace chains:
skinner:
grizzled:
graybacks:
swamper:
pugnacious:
brittle:
skinner:
douse:

# pp. 38-65 --
derision:
subdued:
kewpie doll:
subdue:
gnawing:
hoosegow:
reprehensible:

# pp. 66-83 --
spectacles:
indignation:
fawning:

# pp. 84-98 --
pulley:
sullenly:
manger:
snivel:
bewilder:

# pp. 99 to end --
haunches:
waggle: