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English III Vocab #2 (Of Mice and Men)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To make fun of; tease

a)

Mollified

b)

Scoff

c)

Slough

d)

Plaintive

2.

To soften in feeling or temper

a)

Complacent

b)

Plaintive

c)

Pugnacious

d)

Mollified

3.

Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself

a)

Flounced

b)

Ominious

c)

Pugnacious

d)

Complacent

4.

To move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry way

a)

Gingerly

b)

Flounced

c)

Plaintive

d)

Slough

5.

With extreme care or delicacy

a)

Plaintive

b)

Ominious

c)

Gingerly

d)

Pugnacious

6.

Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragedy

a)

Ominous

b)

Plaintive

c)

Slough

d)

Derogatory

7.

To shed or cast off

a)

Scoff

b)

Slough

c)

Pugnacious

d)

Derogatory

8.

In a sorrowful or melancholy way

a)

Flounced

b)

Plaintive

c)

Ominious

d)

Pugnacious

9.

Expressing a critical or disrespectful opinion

a)

Complacent

b)

Pugnacious

c)

Derogatory

d)

Mollified

10.

Eager or quick to fight or argue

a)

Scoff

b)

Ominious

c)

Pugnacious

d)

Slough

11.

Which of the following is NOT a synonym of complacent?

a)

Proud

b)

Pleased

c)

Modest

d)

Assured

12.

Flounce means to:

a)

Whine

b)

Stride

c)

Brood

d)

Mourn

13.

All of the following are synonyms for plaintive besides?

a)

Anguished

b)

Bitter

c)

Elated

d)

Heart-broken

14.

The landlord fixed the heat, but the tenants were still not ___.

a)

Pugnacious

b)

Ominous

c)

Complacent

d)

Mollified

15.

His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious. What does pugnacious mean?

a)

Combative

b)

Confrontational

c)

Aggressive

d)

All of the above

16.

A whole lot of ___ dark clouds were creeping our way.

a)

Complacent

b)

Derogatory

c)

Plaintive

d)

Ominous

17.

The child, unhappy with what was for dinner, ______ away from the dinner table with an angry look upon her face.

a)

Sloughed

b)

Flounced

c)

Mollified

d)

Scoffed