mice and men vocab

Question 1

derison

Answer 1

contemptus ridicule or mockery

Question 2

receptive

Answer 2

willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas

Question 3

nuisance

Answer 3

a person, thing or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance

Question 4

irrigation

Answer 4

supply of water to land or crops to help growth

Question 5

cultivator

Answer 5

a mechanical implement for breaking up the soil and uprooting weeds

Question 6

deliberate

Answer 6

done consciously and intentionally

Question 7

sarcastically

Answer 7

i’m an ironic way intended to mock or convey

Question 8

subsided

Answer 8

become less intense, violent or severe

Question 9

cowering

Answer 9

crouch down in fear

Question 10

accumulated

Answer 10

gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of

Question 11

liniment

Answer 11

liquid or lotion, made from oil for rubbing on the body to relieve pain

Question 12

scornful

Answer 12

feeling or expressing contempt or derision

Question 13

apprehension

Answer 13

anxiety or fear that something and will happen

Question 14

crestfallen

Answer 14

sad and disappointed

Question 15

snivelled

Answer 15

cry and sniffle