Of Mice and Men Vocabulary

A particular point in events or time 

• Juncture 
• Ominous 
• Recumbant
• Scowl

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Laying down 

• Mollify 
• Recumbant
• Laden
• Plaintive 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To have a gloomy or threatening look 

• Anguish 
• Irrigation 
• Scowl
• Mollify 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The artificial application of water to land to assist in production of crops 

• Scowl 
• Juncture
• Mollify 
• Irrigation 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain 

• Anguish 
• Laden
• Mollify 
• Irrigation 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Burden; loaded down 

• Recumbant
• Laden
• Mollify 
• Plaintive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease 

• Scowl
• Irrigation
• Mollify 
• Anguish 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

• Mollify
• Anguish
• Scowl 
• Ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful 

• Plaintive
• Contemplate 
• Laden
• Juncture

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Expressing a prolonged thought

• Contemplative  
• Limited 
• Plaintive
• Mollify 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4