Of Mice and Men Vocab

Question 1

anger or annoy provoking by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Answer 1

Indignation

Question 2

deserving censure or condemnation

Answer 2

reprehensible

Question 3

puzzled, confused, or bewildered

Answer 3

bemused

Question 4

humorously or sarcastically making a comment

Answer 4

wryly

Question 5

contemptuous ridicule or mockery

Answer 5

derision

Question 6

a bundle usually of bedding and other, carried by a hobos

Answer 6

bindle

Question 7

excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain

Answer 7

anguish

Question 8

gloomily or sullenly, bad

Answer 8

morosely

Question 9

lying down, reclining, leaning

Answer 9

recumbent

Question 10

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Answer 10

ominous

Question 11

eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

Answer 11

pugnacious

Question 12

showing a critical or disrespectful attitude

Answer 12

derogatory

Question 13

a bundle of paper, hay, cotton tightly wrapped

Answer 13

bale

Question 14

appease the anger or anxiety of someone

Answer 14

mollify

Question 15

bad tempered and sulky, gloomy

Answer 15

sullen

Question 16

make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body

Answer 16

writhe

Question 17

feeling or expressing contempt or derision

Answer 17

scornful

Question 18

sad and disapointed

Answer 18

crestfallen