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WorksheetsEnglish III Vocab #2 (Of Mice and Men)
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 6mins
To make fun of; tease
Mollified
Scoff
Slough
Plaintive
To soften in feeling or temper
Complacent
Plaintive
Pugnacious
Mollified
Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself
Flounced
Ominious
Pugnacious
Complacent
To move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry way
Gingerly
Flounced
Plaintive
Slough
With extreme care or delicacy
Plaintive
Ominious
Gingerly
Pugnacious
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragedy
Ominous
Plaintive
Slough
Derogatory
To shed or cast off
Scoff
Slough
Pugnacious
Derogatory
In a sorrowful or melancholy way
Flounced
Plaintive
Ominious
Pugnacious
Expressing a critical or disrespectful opinion
Complacent
Pugnacious
Derogatory
Mollified
Eager or quick to fight or argue
Scoff
Ominious
Pugnacious
Slough
Which of the following is NOT a synonym of complacent?
Proud
Pleased
Modest
Assured
Flounce means to:
Whine
Stride
Brood
Mourn
All of the following are synonyms for plaintive besides?
Anguished
Bitter
Elated
Heart-broken
The landlord fixed the heat, but the tenants were still not ___.
Pugnacious
Ominous
Complacent
Mollified
His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious. What does pugnacious mean?
Combative
Confrontational
Aggressive
All of the above
A whole lot of ___ dark clouds were creeping our way.
Complacent
Derogatory
Plaintive
Ominous
The child, unhappy with what was for dinner, ______ away from the dinner table with an angry look upon her face.
Sloughed
Flounced
Mollified
Scoffed
