Of Mice and Men - Chapter 1 - 2 Vocab

Question 0

Tramp

Answer 0

(N.) Person who travels on foot from place to place

Question 1

Recumbent

Answer 1

(Adj.) Lying down; reclining; leaning

Question 2

Bindle

Answer 2

(N.) A bundle; usually of bedding and other possessions; carried by a hobo

Question 3

Morosely

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(Adv.) Gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

Question 4

Lumbered

Answer 4

(V.) To move clumsily or heavily

Question 5

Brosquely

Answer 5

(Adv.) Abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

Question 6

Dejectedly

Answer 6

(Adv.) Depressed in spirits; disheartened

Question 7

Swamper

Answer 7

(N.) General assistant or laborer; odd jobs

Question 8

Tick and Sacking

Answer 8

(N.) Cloth covering for a bed

Question 9

Skinner

Answer 9

(N.) Person who drives draft animals

Question 10

Buckers

Answer 10

(N.) Person employed to carry, shovel, lift, or load coal, farm, produce, etc.

Question 11

Mollified

Answer 11

(V.) To soften in feeling or temper, as a person

Question 12

Pugnacious

Answer 12

(Adj.) Inclined to quarrel, or fight readily

Question 13

Ominously

Answer 13

(Adv.) Portending evil or harm

Question 14

Slough

Answer 14

(V.) To cast or shed off

Question 15

Derogatory

Answer 15

(Adj.) Tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing

Question 16

Flounced

Answer 16

(V.) To go with impatient or exaggerated movements

Question 17

Plaintively

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(Adv.) expressing sorrow

Question 18

Bridled

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(V.) To draw up the head and draw in the chin; as in disdain or resentment

Question 19

Archly

Answer 19

(Adv.) Knowing or superior manner

Question 20

Complacently

Answer 20

(Adv.) In a pleased or pleasant manner