Of Mice And Men Vocabulary Flashcards
Appreciate
To increase in value
Aloof
Apart, indifferent
Synonyms: detached, incurious, unconcerned
Apprehend
To seize, arrest, take into custody; or understand, become aware of
Belligerent
Waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness
Synonyms: bellicose, pugnacious, combative, contentious, quarrelsome
Nonhuman
Bemuse
To confuse or bewilder
Brittle
Fragile, frail, easily damaged
Synonyms: frangible, friable
Complacency
State of being self satisfied
Derision
Scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
Imperious
Extremely overbearing
Synonyms: domineering, imperative, masterful, preemptory
Indignation
Anger as a result of something unjust
Synonyms: fury, ire, rage, wrath
Juncture
A point of joining
Mollify
To soothe or appease, assuage
Synonyms: appease, conciliate, pacify, placate, propitiate
Monotony
Sameness
Morose
Being sullen or gloomy
Synonyms: crabbed, glum, saturnine, sulky, surly
Depressed
Mottled
Marked with spots of different color
Synonyms: spotted, blotched
Ominous
Threatening
Synonyms: fateful, portentous
Plaintive
Mournful and expressing sorrow
Sad
Pugnacious
Looking for a fight, combative, belligerent
Synonyms: bellicose, contentious, quarrelsome
Human
Relish
To take great pleasure or delight in
Reprehensible
Deserving blame or reprimand
Synonyms: blameworthy, censureable, condemnable, reprobatory
Revere
To honor, to regard with respect
Synonyms: adore, venerate, worship
Scuttle
To sink–usually a ship
Slough
To cast off
Stilted
Artificially formal, stiff, pompous
