Of Mice and Men Vocabulary

After getting beat for the third time in a row, the football team ______ left the field.

• dejectedly

• craftily

• wryly

• happily

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She _____ in fear as the ghosts popped out in the haunted house.

• mollify

• apprehended

• cringed

• bemused

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Despite people's gossip and opinions, he remained _____ in his feelings and did not partake of the gossip.

• aloof

• belligerent

• pugnacious

• anguished

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What would the BEST synonym for bemused be?

• musical

• apprehensive

• confused

• cringed

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What would the BEST synonym for wryly be?

• showing disgust

• wiggily

• gloomy

• complacent

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What would the BEST synonym for pugnacious be?

• peaceful

• happily

• silent

• quarrelsome

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word BEST summarizes the photo?

• scuttled

• derogatory

• bewildered

• morosely

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Circle the person who is the most bemused.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What word BEST describes what is happening in the photo.

• The one person is pugnacious.

• The one person is consoling the other.

• They are both aloof to each other.

• They are scuttling back home.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The dark clouds were ______ of a bad storm coming.

• ominous

• mollifying

• consoling

• cringing

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4