Of Mice and Men Vocab

Question 1

mottled

Answer 1

marked with spots or smears of color

Question 2

recumbent

Answer 2

lying down, human or body figure lying down

Question 3

bindle

Answer 3

a sack to carry your stuff in

Question 4

morosely

Answer 4

sullen or ill-tempered

Question 5

brusquely

Answer 5

in an abrupt or offhand manner

Question 6

imperiously

Answer 6

assuming power or authority without justification

Question 7

dejectedly

Answer 7

sad or depressed; dispirited

Question 8

scourges

Answer 8

a ship used as an instrument or punishment

Question 9

liniment

Answer 9

a liquid or lotion made of oil to use for relief of pain

Question 10

pugnacious

Answer 10

eager or quick to argue

Question 11

slough

Answer 11

a swamp; a situation characterized by a lack of progress in activity

Question 12

plaintively

Answer 12

in a sad, mournful manner

Question 13

brindled

Answer 13

put a brindle on a horse

Question 14

derision

Answer 14

contemptuous ridicule or mockery

Question 15

scuttled

Answer 15

run hurried or furtively with short quick steps

Question 16

rheumatism

Answer 16

any disease marked by inflammation and pain in joints

Question 17

euchre

Answer 17

a card game for two

Question 18

phonograph

Answer 18

a record player