Of Mice and Men Vocabulary List
1. junctures (1) -n- seams; closures2. debris (1) -n- remains; ruins; wreckage
3. mottled (1) -adj- blotchy; speckled; spotted
4. recumbent (1) -adj- lying down; reclining
5. wearily (1) -adv- tiredly; with exhaustion
6. morosely (4) -adv- drearily; dully
7. timidly (4) -adv- shyly; apprehensively; faintheartedly
8. scowled (4) -v- frowned; glared
9. resignedly (6) -adv- giving up
10 brusquely (9) -adv- harshly; bluntly
11. imperiously (9) -adv- arrogantly; domineeringly
12. dejectedly (10) -adv- with depression; with sadness
13. scoffed (10) -v- insulted; ridiculed
14. skeptically (21) -adv- with doubt; with disbelief
15. abruptly (25) -adv- suddenly; hurriedly
16. mollified (27) -adj- soothed; calmed
17. pugnacious (28) -adj- aggressive; unfriendly; hostile
18. ominously (29) -adv- threateningly; fatefully; forebodingly
19. derogatory (30) -adj- negative; uncomplimentary; unflattering
20. plaintively (32) -adv- sorrowfully; mournfully; pathetically
21. gravity (37) -n- importance; significance
22. profound (37) -adj- deep; heavy; serious; wise
23. complacently (38) -adv- done at ease, unruffled; self-satisfiedly
24. derision (42) -n- hate; arrogance
25. receptive (44) -adj- interested; open-minded
26. lynch (46) -v- to execute; to hang; to string up
27. rheumatism (49) -n- a disease of stiff joints, muscles or bones
28. raptly (64) -adv- attentively; absorbedly; intently
29. reprehensible (64) -adj- shameful; disgraceful; despicable
30. reverently (66) -adv- respectfully
31. bemused (66) -adj- engrossed; enthralled
32. poised (69) -adj- balanced
33. wryly (71) -adv- amusingly; comically; ironically
34. aloof (74) -adj- distant; detached; unapproachable; proud
35. liniment (74) -n- cream; ointment
36. fawning (75) -adj- subservient; groveling; servile
37. disarming (76) -adj- making one helpless or harmless
38. scornful (81) -adj- arrogant; sarcastic
39. sullenness (86) -n- depression; despair; gloom
40. contemptuously (86) -adv- done with hatred
41. indignation (86) -n- resentment; anger
42. ego (89) -n- individuality; personality; self; pride
43. averted (89) -adj- turned away; prevented
44. crestfallen (91) -adj- disappointed; discouraged; unhappy
45. woe (95) -n- sorrow; misery; grief
46. sulkily (104) -adv- marked by depression
47. retorted (112) -v- answered; replied; responded
48. belligerently (112) -adv- aggressively; forwardly
49. monotonous (114) -adj- repetitiously dull
50. craftily (114) -adv- schemingly; slyly; deceptively