Of Mice and Men Chapters 1-2

Done with hesitation, worry, or fear

• morosely

• reluctantly

• dejectedly

• apprehensively

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If you don't have a suitcase, you could use a ____.

• bindle

• scowl

• novella

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The student very _____ answered the teacher and was given a detention for being rude.

• plaintively

• reluctantly

• morosely

• brusquely

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Which is not a synonym for calculating.

• plotting

• cooperative

• manipulative

• scheming

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The best definition for complacently is...

• showing a lack of interest

• being overly self-satisfied

• sadly

• demandingly

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Which is an antonym for dejectedly?

• imperiously

• sadly

• reluctantly

• gladly

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The student got in trouble for the _____ remark she made about another student.

• mottled

• pugnacious

• recumbent

• derogatory

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My father very demandingly told me to do my homework. He said it very ___.

• imperiously

• plaintively

• reluctantly

• complacently

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When I arrived home late, I could tell that my parents were very angry, but they were ___ when I explained that I had a flat tire, so I didn't get in trouble.

• recument

• scoffed

• dejected

• mollified

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Which word is a synonym for morosely?

• depressingly

• thoughtfully

• irresponsibly

• gleefully

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