Of Mice and Men Ch.1&2 Vocab & Basics

You could call this man a 

• buck
• bucker
• skinner
• swamper

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The man driving this mule team is called a 

• skinner
• bucker
• swamper
• cultivator

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This child looks very

• mollified

• pugnacious

• imperious

• skeptical

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Shakespeare was the king of ________ language. He made an insult sound classy!

• tart

• profound

• derogatory

• plaintive

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Eek! Look at those __________ storm clouds! Bad times are coming.

• ominous

• skinner

• profound

• pugnacious

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Wow, this is what I call ________! She is twisted.

• mollified

• contorted

• skeptical

• arch

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This stairway would make me feel very _______. It is scary!

• apprehensive

• arch

• ominous

• pugnacious

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A ___________ beard is not automatically unattractive.

• buck

• grizzled

• profound

• pugnacious

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The elephant _____ along, slow and steady.

• lumbered
• walked
• plodded
• stomped

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The boy stared out the window ________, saddened by the rain.

• animously
• ponderously
• morosely
• malevolently 

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4