Of Mice and Men Vocab A

Question 1

anguish

Answer 1

(noun) agonizing physical or mental pain

Question 2

bemuse

Answer 2

(verb) to absorb to preoccupy in one’s thoughts

Question 3

bridle

Answer 3

(verb) to express pride, vanity, or resentment by throwing up the head; to assume either a dignified or offended air or manner

Question 4

complacent

Answer 4

(adj.) eager to please, cheerful agreeable (complaisant)

Question 5

complacent

Answer 5

(adj) passive, uninvolved or unconcerned, especially because one is self-satisfied

Question 6

derogatory

Answer 6

(adj.) insulting or belittling

Question 7

flounce

Answer 7

(v.) to move with exaggerated motions, either lively and bouncy or agitated, violent and clumsy

Question 8

gingerly

Answer 8

(adv.) very carefully or cautiously

Question 9

imperious

Answer 9

(adj.) domineering and overbearing, often arrogantly so

Question 10

mollify

Answer 10

(v.) to soothe or appease; to soften or make less rigid

Question 11

morose

Answer 11

(adj.) sullenly (negative or resentfully) sad, gloomy

Question 12

mottled

Answer 12

(adj.) marked with spots or blotches or different shades or colors

Question 13

ominous

Answer 13

(adj.) serving as a sign of something coming in the future, especially something bad

Question 14

pantomime

Answer 14

(verb/noun) communicating without words using gestures and facial expressions, or a performance using such a method

Question 15

plaintive

Answer 15

(adj.) sorrowful or mournful

Question 16

pugnacious

Answer 16

(adj.) combative in nature, always looking for a fight

Question 17

recumbent

Answer 17

(adj.) in a lying down, reclining position

Question 18

reprehensible

Answer 18

(adj.) ethically wrong; deserving or worthy of judgement

Question 19

solemn

Answer 19

(adj.) serious, in a ceremonial or deeply earnest way

Question 20

subdue

Answer 20

(v) to calm and bring under control

Question 21

trace

Answer 21

(n) one of two side straps or chains connecting a draft animal to a vehicle

Question 22

welter

Answer 22

(noun) confusion and turmoil

Question 23

wry

Answer 23

(adj) dryly humorous, often through the use of irony and sarcasm