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Chapters 1 - 2 Vocabulary Of Mice and Men

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

loss of hope; hopelessness

a)

lumbered

b)

pantomime

c)

yammered

d)

despair

2.

pleased, especially with oneself or one's merit, advantages, situation, etc. often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied

a)

contorted

b)

complacently

c)

scoff

d)

pugnacious

3.

a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo

a)

bindle

b)

periscope

c)

triumphantly

d)

contorted

4.

anything that restrains or curbs

a)

ominously

b)

deliberately

c)

bridled

d)

scoff

5.

to become useless or to be stored away as useless

a)

derogatory

b)

lumbered

c)

liniment

d)

majesty

6.

twisted in a violent manner; distorted

a)

contorted

b)

majesty

c)

mollified

d)

deliberately

7.

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or a mood

a)

ominously

b)

complacently

c)

morosely

d)

scoff

8.

carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional

a)

pugnacious

b)

ominously

c)

recumbent

d)

deliberately

9.

significant gesture without speech

a)

pantomime

b)

recumbent

c)

contorted

d)

ominously

10.

tending to lesson the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory

a)

derogatory

b)

liniment

c)

majesty

d)

pugnacious

11.

an optical instrument for viewing objects that are above the level or direct sight or in an otherwise obstructed field of vision

a)

yammered

b)

triumphantly

c)

periscope

d)

majesty

12.

a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin for first-aid

a)

recumbent

b)

scoff

c)

Liniment

d)

Mollified

13.

lying down; reclining; leaning

a)

recumbent

b)

contorted

c)

deliberately

d)

morosely

14.

regal, lofty, or stately dignity; imposing character; grandeur

a)

mollified

b)

yammered

c)

triumphantly

d)

majesty

15.

to speak derisively; mock; jeer

a)

pantomime

b)

periscope

c)

mollified

d)

scoff

16.

to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease

a)

pugnacious

b)

mollified

c)

majesty

d)

derogatory

17.

exulting over victory; rejoicing over success; exultant

a)

triumphantly

b)

majesty

c)

contorted

d)

bridled

18.

portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

a)

morosely

b)

periscope

c)

ominously

d)

complacently

19.

to whine or complain

a)

deliberately

b)

liniment

c)

yammered

d)

pugnacious

20.

inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

a)

mollified

b)

scoff

c)

bindle

d)

pugnacious