Of Mice and Men Chapter 5-6 Vocabulary

Choose the word that means: Spotted, speckled, or blotchy

• morose

• monotonous

• complacent

• mottled

Choose the word that means: Confused

• bewildered

• jar

• snivel

• frantic

Choose the word that means: To make fun of; mock; ridicule

• jeer

• jar

• earnest

• lumber

Choose the word that means: Aggressive, confrontational

• jeer

• belligerent

• mottled

• sullen

Tim was _______________ when he found out he failed his history final because he thought he earned an A on it.

• bewildered

• jar

• snivel

• frantic

Choose the word that means: Responsible; compliant; obedient

• earnest

• entranced

• dutiful

• indignation

The normally subdued dog became very _______________ when an intruder came into the house.

• jeer

• belligerent

• mottled

• sullen

When the students told me that I was their favorite teacher, I knew they could not have been _______________; they must have been joking.

• monotonous

• belligerent

• earnest

• contorted

Choose the word that means: Wildly excited; delirious

• snivel

• frantic

• jar

• morose

Choose the word that means: Sincere; serious

• monotonous

• belligerent

• earnest

• contorted