Vocabulary Quiz: Of Mice and Men

Fill in the blank: 'Recumbent' is defined as ______.

• Resting; leaning

• Withdrawn; gloomy; sad

• Moved clumsily or heavily

• Abruptly; angrily.

What is the meaning of 'morosely'?

• Withdrawn; gloomy; sad

• Moved clumsily or heavily

• Abruptly; angrily

• Imitation of someone else's mannerisms.

Fill in the blank: 'Lumbered' means ______.

• Moved clumsily or heavily

• Abruptly; angrily

• Imitation of someone else's mannerisms

• Thought deeply about.

Fill in the blank: 'Imperiously' means ______.

• Overbearing manner

• With extreme anxiety; distressed

• Howled; wailed as if in pain

• A place where things join.

What does 'anguished' mean?

• With extreme anxiety; distressed

• Howled; wailed as if in pain

• A place where things join

• Litter; scattered pieces of waste.

Fill in the blank: 'Yammered' is defined as ______.

• Howled; wailed as if in pain

• A place where things join

• Litter; scattered pieces of waste

• Spotted; marked with different colors.

Fill in the blank: 'Morosely' means ______.

• Withdrawn; gloomy; sad

• Moved clumsily or heavily

• Abruptly; angrily

• Imitation of someone else's mannerisms.

Fill in the blank: 'Debris' refers to ______.

• points of union

• fragments of something broken into pieces

• spotted

• lying back

What does 'mottled' mean?

• Lying back

• Spotted

• Withdrawn

• Moved clumsily

Fill in the blank: 'Recumbent' is an adjective meaning ______.

• lying back

• spotted

• withdrawn

• moved clumsily