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Of Mice and Men Vocabulary List


1. junctures (1) -n- seams; closures

2. 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