Of Mice and Men Vocabulary

Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful 

• Plaintive

• Contemplate 

• Laden

• Juncture

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A pack of belongings owned by someone who doesn't have a home is known as a:

• bindle

• gingham

• swamper

• wisp

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A word for someone twisting or struggling in pain is:

• writhed

• yammered

• lumbered

• scuttled

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

If you use that ______ language in my class again, there will be consequences! shouted Mrs. Dant furiously.

• monotonous

• aloof

• crestfallen

• derogatory

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Walker's ​ (a)   attitude caught Mia off guard, leaving her feeling intimidated and unsure of how to approach him without eliciting a defensive response.

• brusque

• indignation

• mollify

• scourge

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work

• Tramp

• Tart

• Companion

• Quiver

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In Lennie's past, he experienced ___________from others, even from George who once made fun of Lennie too.

• mimicry

• caution

• derision

• accolades

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When Candy was alone with Curley's dead wife, a sad or gloomy sensation overcame him; therefore, he felt ________about the circumstances.

• morosely

• mottled

• mollified

• pugnacious

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Lennie always seemed____________because he worried if he did something bad, he wouldn't get to tend the rabbits.

• mottled

• anguished

• rouged

• mollified

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Curley's wife was known for her _________attire.

• bemused

• mottled

• rouged

• pugnacious

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4