Of Mice and Men Chaps 1 & 2 Vocabulary

Choose the word that means: To soothe or appease

• yammering

• morose

• mollify

• lumber

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

What word means: Offensive, inappropriate, uncomplimentary

• profound

• contorted

• mollify

• derogatory

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

Choose the word that means: Disfigured; twisted or strained out of shape

• bindle
• contorted
• precede
• complacent

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

Choose the word that means: Intellectual; thoughtful

• profound

• derogatory

• yammering

• contorted

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the word that means: smugly content or self-satisfied, sometimes to the point of arrogance

• complacent

• bindle

• morose

• 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

Jill became so _______________ in her job, and she never made any extra effort, which eventually got her fired.   

• complacent

• bindle

• morose

• 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 magician must have a _______________ body to get into the small box.  

• profound

• contorted

• mollify

• derogatory

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

Choose the word that means: To come before

• bindle

• derogatory

• precede

• lumber

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

World War I _______________ (d) World War II. 

• bindled

• derogatory

• preceded

• lumbered

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Choose the word that means: A bundle of clothing or bedding

• yammering
• morose
• bindle
• lumber

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