WorksheetsOf Mice and Men: Chapter 1 & 2 vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
a)
despair
b)
pantomime
c)
bindle
d)
yammered
2.
to become useless or to be stored away as useless
a)
lumbered
b)
scoff
c)
periscope
d)
triumphantly
3.
significant gesture without speech
a)
recumbent
b)
pantomime
c)
recumbent
d)
bindle
4.
lying down; reclining; leaning
a)
despair
b)
morosely
c)
recumbent
d)
yammered
5.
exulting over victory;rejoicing over success; exultant
a)
scoff
b)
despair
c)
periscope
d)
triumphantly
6.
loss of hope; hopelessness
a)
lumbered
b)
despair
c)
yammered
d)
despair
7.
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood
a)
morosely
b)
lumbered
c)
periscope
d)
recumbent
8.
an optical instrument for viewing objects that are above the level of direct sight or in an otherwise obstructed field of vision
a)
scoff
b)
bindle
c)
pantomime
d)
periscope
9.
to speak derisively; mock; jeer
a)
despair
b)
yammered
c)
scoff
d)
triumphantly
10.
to whine or complain
a)
yammered
b)
scoff
c)
morosely
d)
recumbent
11.
anything that restrains or curbs
a)
bridled
b)
contorted
c)
pugnacious
d)
liniment
12.
twisted in a violent manner; distorted
a)
mollified
b)
derogatory
c)
contorted
d)
deliberately
13.
tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory
a)
majesty
b)
ominously
c)
derogatory
d)
complacently
14.
regal; lofty; or stately dignity; imposing character; grandeur
a)
majesty
b)
pugnacious
c)
liniment
d)
contorted
15.
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
a)
deliberately
b)
ominously
c)
mollified
d)
bridled
16.
pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
a)
liniment
b)
pugnacious
c)
complacently
d)
derogatory
17.
carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional
a)
ominously
b)
contorted
c)
majesty
d)
deliberately
18.
a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin for first-aid
a)
liniment
b)
mollified
c)
bridled
d)
majesty
19.
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease
a)
complacently
b)
mollified
c)
deliberately
d)
ominously
20.
inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
a)
contorted
b)
pugnacious
c)
liniment
d)
mollified
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