WorksheetsOf Mice and Men - Chapter Two Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the word "scoff" mean?
To laugh at with contempt and derision
A noise one makes that is similar to the sound of a cough.
To gesticulate, wildly
Scrape or brush the surface of (a shoe or other object) against something
Which word means "heavily loaded or weighed down"?
Scourge
Laden
Brusque
Slough
Which word means "a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering"?
Relish
Slough
Scourge
Abruptly
Which word means "eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight"?
Mollify
Bellicose
Salacious
Pugnacious
What does the word "gingerly" mean?
In a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
In a rough and reckless manner
With excessive speed or urgency; hurriedly
Slow, deliberate, sloth-like movements
What does the word "slough" mean?
Act in an excessively subservient manner
To get rid of something undesirable or no longer required
A hollow filled with mud
A noisy or violent argument
Which word means, "showing a critical or disrespectful attitude"?
Mollify
Scourge
Gingerly
derogatory
What does the word "mollify" mean?
Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)
Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid
To say something in a blunt or direct manner
To enjoy something enthusiastically
Which word means, "to walk in an emphatic or exaggerated way"?
Deliberately
Relish
Flounce
Abruptly
What does the word "plaintive" mean?
Considered in relation or in proportion to something else
Cheerful and jovially celebratory
Sounding sad and mournful
To a very severe or serious degree.
