of mice and men vocab

Question 1

aloof

Answer 1

apart, indifferent

Question 2

appreciate

Answer 2

to increase in value

Question 3

apprehend

Answer 3

to seize, arrest, take into custody; to understand; become aware of

Question 4

belligerent

Answer 4

waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness

Question 5

bemuse

Answer 5

to confuse or to bewilder

Question 6

brittle

Answer 6

fragile, frail, easily damaged

Question 7

complacency

Answer 7

the state of being self-satisfied

Question 8

derision

Answer 8

scoffing at, mockery, ridicule

Question 9

imperious

Answer 9

extremely overbearing

Question 10

indignation

Answer 10

anger as a result of something unjust

Question 11

juncture

Answer 11

a point of joining

Question 12

mollify

Answer 12

to soothe or to appease, to assuage

Question 13

monotony

Answer 13

sameness

Question 14

morose

Answer 14

being sullen or gloomy

Question 15

mottled

Answer 15

marked with spots of different color

Question 16

ominous

Answer 16

threatening

Question 17

plaintive

Answer 17

mournful and expressing sorrow

Question 18

pugnacious

Answer 18

looking for a fight, combative, belligerent

Question 19

relish

Answer 19

to take great pleasure or delight in

Question 20

reprehensible

Answer 20

deserving blame or reprimand

Question 21

revere

Answer 21

to honor, to regard with respect

Question 22

scuttle

Answer 22

to sink (usually a ship)

Question 23

slough

Answer 23

to cast off

Question 24

stilted

Answer 24

artificially formal, stiff, pompous

Question 25

wispy

Answer 25

small in amount, fragile, or slight