Of Mice & Men Vocabulary

lanced the pimple

• pierced

• popped

• picked at

• covered

scudded across the floor

• stumbled

• moved swiftly and smoothly

• moved with anger

• tromped mud

disapprovingly

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

• verb

wounded its haunches

• hip, buttocks, or upper thigh

• shoulder

• pride

• important internal organs

She retorted quickly.

• pierced with a sharp instrument

• moved swiftly and smoothly

• shook something abruptly

• responded in a witty, angry, or insulting manner

behaved belligerently

• with negative judgement based on personal standards

• in an emotionless, unresponsive manner, like wood

• in a hostile, aggressive, or fighting manner

• in an obedient manner; without protest

woodenly stared

• in an emotionless, unresponsive manner

• in a hostile, aggressive, or fighting manner

• in an obedient manner; without protest

• with negative judgement based on personal standards

a monotonous day

• incredibly exciting

• uninteresting or boring

• busy and non-stop

• sad or melancholy

craftily convinced

• persuasively

• with a researched plan and good points

• in a clever or tricky way

• in a hostile, aggressive, or fighting manner

screamed in triumph

• extreme agony and sharp pain

• the mental anguish of completing a long task

• horror of losing to a formidable opponent

• an act of winning or being victorious