Of Mice and Men Chapters 1,2,3

Derision

• To separate
• Mocking scorn; ridicule

Gnawing

• Persistent and troubling
• To cut something

Reprehensible

• Highly unacceptable
• Highly responsible

Cowering

• Making farm animal sounds
• Cringing or moving backwards in fear

Wryly

• In an amusing or ironic way
• Done in a sneaky way

Solemnly

• Creepy and dark
• In a humorless or formal manner

Scoff

• A phlegmy cough
• To speak in a mocking way

Pugnacious

• Quick to argue
• One with a stubby nose

Ominously

• Seeing into the future
• In a threatening way

Derogatory

• Critical and disparaging
• A hellish place