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"Of Mice and Men" Vocabulary

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a performance using gestures and movements without words

a)

gesture

b)

juncture

c)

pantomime

d)

anguish

2.

having spots or patches of color

a)

contorted

b)

anguish

c)

brusquely

d)

mottled

3.

tough and callous by virtue of experience

a)

contorted

b)

companion

c)

elaborate

d)

pugnacious

4.

imitate, especially for satirical effect

a)

embrace

b)

despair

c)

mimic

d)

basin

5.

someone who lives at a particular place for a long period

a)

indicate

b)

scourge

c)

occupant

d)

recumbent

6.

look searchingly

a)

peer

b)

vial

c)

glimmer

d)

bait

7.

show, express, or direct through movement

a)

juncture

b)

scourge

c)

gesture

d)

embrace

8.

filled with a great quantity

a)

current

b)

laden

c)

basin

d)

plead

9.

with extreme care or delicacy

a)

promptly

b)

abruptly

c)

juncture

d)

gingerly

10.

twisted, especially as in pain or struggle

a)

mottled

b)

contorted

c)

derogatory

d)

pugnacious

11.

a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk

a)

basin

b)

mimic

c)

tramp

d)

vial

12.

the state of taking in or encircling

a)

gesture

b)

embrace

c)

emerge

d)

debris

13.

a flash of light

a)

quiver

b)

glimmer

c)

lumber

d)

bristle

14.

with little or no delay

a)

abruptly

b)

promptly

c)

mottled

d)

reassure

15.

lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

a)

companion

b)

recumbent

c)

contorted

d)

elaborate

16.

the shape or manner in which things come together

a)

pugnacious

b)

pantomime

c)

contorted

d)

juncture

17.

consider as a possibility

a)

indicate

b)

contemplate

c)

pantomime

d)

elaborate

18.

a bowl-shaped vessel used for holding food or liquids

a)

basin

b)

relish

c)

laden

d)

tramp

19.

to talk in a monotonous voice

a)

drone

b)

laden

c)

scoff

d)

plead

20.

expressive of low opinion

a)

brusquely

b)

contorted

c)

pugnacious

d)

derogatory

21.

marked by complexity and richness of detail

a)

recumbent

b)

elaborate

c)

embrace

d)

companion

22.

a stiff hair

a)

glimmer

b)

mottled

c)

brusquely

d)

bristle

23.

come out into view, as from being concealed

a)

embrace

b)

scourge

c)

slough

d)

emerge

24.

vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

a)

quiver

b)

slough

c)

anguish

d)

relish

25.

the remains of something that has been destroyed

a)

debris

b)

embrace

c)

relish

d)

emerge

26.

disarrange or rumple

a)

lumber

b)

tangle

c)

promptly

d)

bristle

27.

in a blunt direct manner

a)

pantomime

b)

derogatory

c)

brusquely

d)

gingerly

28.

a small bottle that contains a drug

a)

vial

b)

tramp

c)

plead

d)

mimic

29.

shake with fast, tremulous movements

a)

lumber

b)

despair

c)

laden

d)

quiver

30.

appeal or request earnestly

a)

scoff

b)

mottled

c)

peer

d)

plead

31.

laugh at with contempt and derision

a)

scourge

b)

scoff

c)

slough

d)

laden

32.

extreme distress of body or mind

a)

abruptly

b)

slough

c)

scourge

d)

anguish

33.

cause to feel confident

a)

current

b)

gesture

c)

brusquely

d)

reassure

34.

something causing misery or death

a)

slough

b)

gesture

c)

scourge

d)

mottled

35.

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

a)

emerge

b)

scourge

c)

scoff

d)

slough

36.

designate a place, direction, person, or thing

a)

contorted

b)

indicate

c)

juncture

d)

gingerly

37.

predict in advance

a)

abruptly

b)

reassure

c)

elaborate

d)

calculate

38.

move heavily or clumsily

a)

lumber

b)

drone

c)

mimic

d)

quiver

39.

characterized by resoluteness and firmness

a)

reassure

b)

indicate

c)

decisive

d)

embrace

40.

a steady flow of a fluid

a)

scourge

b)

current

c)

reassure

d)

embrace

41.

quickly and without warning

a)

derogatory

b)

gingerly

c)

brusquely

d)

abruptly

42.

lure, entice, or entrap

a)

laden

b)

bait

c)

basin

d)

peer

43.

a friend who is frequently with another

a)

despair

b)

occupant

c)

contorted

d)

companion

44.

in a careful unhurried manner

a)

derogatory

b)

deliberately

c)

elaborate

d)

gingerly

45.

a state in which all hope is lost or absent

a)

embrace

b)

debris

c)

despair

d)

gesture