Of Mice and Men vocab

A particular point in events or time 

• Juncture 
• Ominous 
• Recumbant
• Scowl

Laying down 

• Mollify 
• Recumbant
• Laden
• Plaintive 

To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease 

• Scowl
• Irrigation
• Mollify 
• Anguish 

Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful 

• Plaintive
• Contemplate 
• Laden
• Juncture

Describing someone as unfriendly, distant, or withdrawn means they are:

• reprehensible

• derogatory

• aloof

• crestfallen

The dog ___________ outside the door to let his owners know he was ready to come back in from the cold.

• yammered

• scuttled

• writhed

• lumbered

Synonyms for this word are blameworthy, shameful, and disgraceful:

• reprehensible

• aloof

• monotonous

• belligerent

The __________ sound of the ocean waves helped ease my fear of getting into the water.

• belligerent

• crestfallen

• disarming

• reprehensible

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?

When the girl was stricken with chicken pox, her skin was ______________ with itchy, painful spots.

• dignity

• gravity

• mottled

• imperious

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?

The policeman in the middle of the intersection _____________ which direction the cars should go in order to avoid hitting one another.

• yammered

• pantomimed

• disengaged

• recumbent