Of Mice and Men #2

Question 1

contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule; an object of ridicule; a laughingstock

Answer 1

derision

Question 2

capable of or qualified for receiving; ready or willing to receive favorably

Answer 2

receptive

Question 3

expressing or marked by sarcasm; having or marked by a feeling of bitternewss and a bitting cutting quality

Answer 3

sarcastic

Question 4

deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy

Answer 4

reprehensible

Question 5

to cause to be bewildered; confused

Answer 5

bemuse

Question 6

the characteristic cry of a goat or sheep; a whining, feeble complaint

Answer 6

bleat

Question 7

to cringe in fear

Answer 7

cower

Question 8

to handle or use roughly

Answer 8

maul

Question 9

distant physically or emptionally; reserved and remote

at a distance but within view; apart

Answer 9

aloof

Question 10

exceptionally great concentration, power, or force

Answer 10

intensity

Question 11

deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty; deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor, feeble

Answer 11

meager

Question 12

tending or having the power to persuade

Answer 12

persuasive

Question 13

contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered dispicable or unworthy

Answer 13

scorn

Question 14

manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful

Answer 14

contemptuous

Question 15

to stir up; excite

Answer 15

arouse

Question 16

to become less agitated or active; abate

Answer 16

subside