Mice And Men Vocab

Question 0

Recumbent

Answer 0

Adj, lying down
Syn:reclining
Ant:straight
He was recumbent on his couch the moment he got home.

Question 1

Junctures

Answer 1

Noun, point of time made critical or important by circumstances
Syn:moment
Ant:advantage
At this juncture, we have to decide whether to stay or not.

Question 2

Bindle

Answer 2

Noun, bundle carried by a hobo.
Syn:sack
Ant: accomplished
She carried her bundle as she ran away from home.

Question 3

Morosely

Answer 3

Adj, gloomy/ill-humored person or mood
Syn:wistfully
Ant:happily
She came home morosely, and drenching wet because she forgot her umbrella.

Question 4

Droned

Answer 4

Verb, low noise/monotone voice
Syn:hum
Ant:silence
The history teacher taught bored kids as he droned in about Thomas Jefferson.

Question 5

Pantomime

Answer 5

Noun, gesture without noise
Syn:imitating
Ant:loud
Many Italians pantomime and talk at the same time.

Question 6

Imperiously

Answer 6

Adj, urgent or imperative
Syn:proudly
Ant:humbly
She answered the question in an imperiously matter of fact manner.

Question 7

Dejected

Answer 7

Adj, depressed in spirits
Syn:glum
Ant:happy
She was dejected because she found out that her parents were divorce ing.

Question 8

Anguished

Answer 8

Adj, showing stress/pain
Syn:agony
Ant:delight
He was anguished because he had gotten a bad grade in math class.

Question 9

Liniment

Answer 9

Noun, liquid applied to bruised skin
Syn:lotion
Ant:gas
He applied the liniment on his arm after playing football.

Question 10

Pugnacious

Answer 10

Adj, inclined to fight
Syn:combative
Ant:kind
The school bully became pugnacious due to a bad father son relationship.

Question 11

Ominously

Answer 11

Adj, emitting evil/harm
Syn:forbidding
Ant:cheerful
The new student ominously looked at a commonly hated student after being made fun of.

Question 12

Derogatory

Answer 12

Adj, tending to lessen reputation
Syn:spiteful
Ant:praising
The girl looked at someone in a derogatory manner, and started planning to hurt them.

Question 13

Plaintively

Answer 13

Adj, expressing sorrow
Syn:melancholy
Ant:cheerful
During lunch, the boy plaintively sat, and ten didn’t talk to his friend.

Question 14

Complacently

Answer 14

Adj, pleased with oneself
Syn:confident
Ant:unsure
The girl rose her hand and shouted the answers for every question complacently.

Question 15

Derision

Answer 15

Noun, ridicule/make fun of
Syn:mockery
Ant:praise
The comedy performance include derision from the audience.

Question 16

Rheumatism

Answer 16

Noun, disorders caused by pain

She had a disease caused by pain called Rheumatism.

Question 17

Bemused

Answer 17

Adj, confused or uninformed
Syn:distracted
Ant:bored
The teacher kept students bemused in class, by putting on acts and characters.

Question 18

Contemptuous

Answer 18

Adj, showing/expressing contempt/disdain
Syn:arrogantly
Ant:humbly
The teacher contemptuously talked as if he knew everything.

Question 19

Averted

Answer 19

Verb, turn away/avoid
Syn:prevent
Ant:aid
He was being averted because he had hurt someone.

Question 20

Crestfallen

Answer 20

Adj, dejected/ let down
Syn:disappointed
Ant:cheerful
After he studied for six hours, he was crestfallen that he got 60%.

Question 21

Sullenly

Answer 21

Adj, indicative of gloomy ill-humor
Syn: malicious
Ant: cheerful
After being broken up with, she sullenly walked home.