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Of Mice and Men Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


When the girl was stricken with chicken pox, her skin was ______________ with itchy, painful spots.

a)

dignity

b)

gravity

c)

mottled

d)

imperious

2.

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


I thought to myself, would you please shut up and stop your incessant _______________ before I clobber you over the head?

a)

mottling

b)

yammering

c)

pantomiming

d)

apprehensiving

3.

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


As a pacifist, I avoid all ________________ people, as I do not like to interact with aggressive individuals.

a)

pugnacious

b)

apprehensive

c)

imperious

d)

recumbent

4.

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


The policeman in the middle of the intersection _____________ which direction the cars should go in order to avoid hitting one another.

a)

yammered

b)

pantomimed

c)

disengaged

d)

recumbent

5.

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


Upon seeing the teenager squalling in the middle of the parking lot, tears and snot running down his face as he sat in a pathetic heap, the woman said, "My goodness, that child lacks ____________!"

a)

elaborate

b)

gravity

c)

burlap

d)

dignity

6.

What is a synonym for gravity?

a)

beauty

b)

intelligence

c)

seriousness

d)

humanity

7.

What is a synonym for gingerly?

a)

gorgeously

b)

happily

c)

hesitantly

d)

discreetly

8.

What is a synonym for imperious?

a)

haughty

b)

appreciative

c)

reverential

d)

duplicituous

9.

What is a synonym for profound?

a)

massive

b)

discerning

c)

simple

d)

confound

10.

What is an antonym for disengage?

a)

entangle

b)

interpret

c)

unite

d)

confuse

11.

Which word works best to complete the sentence below?


All of the __________________ beachgoers were startled by the hysterically happy canine cavorting among them, spraying them with wet sand.

a)

profound

b)

recumbent

c)

imperious

d)

derogatory

12.

Which word works best to complete the sentence below?


Simone Biles is one of the top gymnasts in the world, and her ______________ routines involve countless hours of preparation.

a)

gingerly

b)

elaborate

c)

burlap

d)

pugnacious

13.

Which word works best to complete the sentence below?


Sheets made of __________________ are not very comfortable for sleeping.

a)

profound

b)

gravity

c)

yammer

d)

burlap

14.

Which word works best to complete the sentence below?


Upon hearing his ________________ remarks, the teacher summarily removed the student from his classroom.

a)

derogatory

b)

gravity

c)

apprehensive

d)

elaborate

15.

Which word works best to complete the sentence below?


Due to Jane's _________________ nature, he hides from all humans in the world with the exception of me.

a)

dignity

b)

gravity

c)

apprehensive

d)

mottled

16.

Which of the following completes the analogy below?


pugnacious:boxer as nautical:

a)

sea

b)

ship

c)

sailor

d)

Navy

17.

Which of the following completes the analogy below?


imperious : humble as generous :

a)

selfish

b)

stingy

c)

miser

d)

frugal