Vocab 1

Question 1

bemused

Answer 1

deeply absorbed in thought

They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about.

Question 2

douse

Answer 2

wet thoroughly

His head still dripped water from the scrubbing and dousing.

Question 3

snivel

Answer 3

cry or whine with snuffling

He sniveled, and his voice shook.

Question 4

contorted

Answer 4

twisted, especially as in pain or struggle

His face contorted with thought.

Question 5

derogatory

Answer 5

expressive of low opinion

He had drawn a derogatory statement from

Question 6

fawning

Answer 6

attempting to win favor by flattery

Lennie gulped and his smile grew more fawning.

Question 7

pugnacious

Answer 7

ready and able to resort to force or violence

His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious.

Question 8

crestfallen

Answer 8

brought low in spirit

Candy was crestfallen.

Question 9

recumbent

Answer 9

lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan Mountains, but on the valley side the water is lined with trees— willows fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter’s flooding; and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool.

Question 10

brusquely

Answer 10

in a blunt direct manner

“Awright,” he said brusquely