Of Mice and Men Vocabulary 1-2

Lenny entered the barn and began to remove his belongings from his ______.

The teacher _______ at the student when he said the dog ate his homeowrk

The grieving widow was in complete _______at her loss.

The trees were almost barren, and many of the branches lay_________ on the sodden ground.

• scoff

• recumbent

• morosely

• yammered

George entered the house ____________, holding his prize.

• triumphantly

• periscope

• lumbered

• morosely

The student was unable to cease his _________ throughout the class, causing a distraction.

He entered the room in a regal fashion, displaying the ________ of his bearing.

• scoff

• derogatory

• liniment

• majesty

He peered at the dark clouds which were gathering_________ on the horizon.

• liniment

• bridled

• complacently

• ominously

The submarine commander ordered the _________to be raised in order to see across the explanse of ocean territory.

• majesty

• periscope

• scoff

• pugnacious

Lenny was tired and groggy after a long night's work. He slowly got up and ________ over to the sink.