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Of Mice and Men - Chapter Two Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "scoff" mean?

a)

To laugh at with contempt and derision

b)

A noise one makes that is similar to the sound of a cough.

c)

To gesticulate, wildly

d)

Scrape or brush the surface of (a shoe or other object) against something

2.

Which word means "heavily loaded or weighed down"?

a)

Scourge

b)

Laden

c)

Brusque

d)

Slough

3.

Which word means "a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering"?

a)

Relish

b)

Slough

c)

Scourge

d)

Abruptly

4.

Which word means "eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight"?

a)

Mollify

b)

Bellicose

c)

Salacious

d)

Pugnacious

5.

What does the word "gingerly" mean?

a)

In a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy

b)

In a rough and reckless manner

c)

With excessive speed or urgency; hurriedly

d)

Slow, deliberate, sloth-like movements

6.

What does the word "slough" mean?

a)

Act in an excessively subservient manner

b)

To get rid of something undesirable or no longer required

c)

A hollow filled with mud

d)

A noisy or violent argument

7.

Which word means, "showing a critical or disrespectful attitude"?

a)

Mollify

b)

Scourge

c)

Gingerly

d)

derogatory

8.

What does the word "mollify" mean?

a)

Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

b)

Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid

c)

To say something in a blunt or direct manner

d)

To enjoy something enthusiastically

9.

Which word means, "to walk in an emphatic or exaggerated way"?

a)

Deliberately

b)

Relish

c)

Flounce

d)

Abruptly

10.

What does the word "plaintive" mean?

a)

Considered in relation or in proportion to something else

b)

Cheerful and jovially celebratory

c)

Sounding sad and mournful

d)

To a very severe or serious degree.