Chapter 3 Vocab. - Of Mice and Men

Mocking scorn, ridicule

• lynch

• concealing

• derision

• solemnly

To seize and punish someone believed to have committed a crime

• stride

• lynch

• gnawing

• entranced

Putting or keeping someone or something out of sight; hiding

• concealing

• wryly

• bemused

• lynch

A long step

• derision

• cowering

• regarded

• stride

Persistent and troubling

• gnawing

• stride

• reprehensible

• bemused

In a state of wonder or fascination

• concealing

• entranced

• cowering

• wryly

Highly unacceptable; deserving criticism

• reprehensible

• solemnly

• stride

• lynch

Causing someone to be confused or puzzled

• gnawing

• regarded

• bemused

• derision

Cringing or moving backward defensively in fear

• cowering

• reprehensible

• solemnly

• gnawing

To think carefully about someone or something; judged

• wryly

• regarded

• bemused

• stride