Vocabulary from a seminar (part 1)

In the Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies seminar we have to read different articles and texts, and sometimes there are many words in these texts I don't understand. So I always look them up in a dictionary. Here are some:

• to veer: to change direction. 'irányt változtat'
• to mop and mow: to grimace, to make a face. 'pofákat vág, fintorog'
• mocking: sarcastic, derisive, ironic. 'gúnyos'
• sodomy: a carnal copulation against nature, anal intercourse. 'természetellenes, nem megszokott nemi közösülés'
• tenacious: insistent, stubborn, tough. 'makacs, kitartó'