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Ch. 1 Vocab for Of Mice and Men

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does the word 'junctures' mean?

a)

Spotted; marked with different colors

b)

Points of union; connections

c)

Moved clumsily or heavily

d)

Fragments of something broken into pieces

2.

Which word means 'lying back; resting or leaning'?

a)

Debris

b)

Recumbent

c)

Mottled

d)

Imperiously

3.

What is the meaning of the word 'morosely'?

a)

Abruptly, angrily, or bluntly in manner of speech

b)

An imitation of someone else’s mannerisms

c)

In a withdrawn or gloomy way; sadly; thoughtfully

d)

With extreme anxiety or torment; distressed

4.

Which word describes someone who 'moves clumsily or heavily'?

a)

Lumbered

b)

Anguished

c)

Pantomime

d)

Yammered

5.

What does the word 'contemplated' mean?

a)

In a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner

b)

Think deeply about

c)

Howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered

d)

With extreme anxiety or torment; distressed

6.

Which word describes 'abruptly, angrily, or bluntly in manner of speech'?

a)

brusquely

b)

imperiously

c)

yammered

d)

mottled

7.

Which word describes 'fragments of something broken into pieces'?

a)

pantomime

b)

debris

c)

morosely

d)

junctures

8.

What does the word 'mottled' mean?

a)

howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered

b)

spotted; marked with different colors

c)

points of union; connections

d)

think deeply about

9.

What does the word 'pantomime' mean?

a)

abruptly, angrily, or bluntly in manner of speech

b)

with extreme anxiety or torment; distressed

c)

an imitation of someone else’s mannerisms

d)

lying back; resting or leaning

10.

Which word describes 'in a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner'?

a)

anguished

b)

recumbent

c)

mottled

d)

imperiously

11.

Which word describes 'with extreme anxiety or torment; distressed'?

a)

lumbered

b)

anguished

c)

contemplated

d)

brusquely

12.

What does the word 'yammered' mean?

a)

howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered

b)

an imitation of someone else’s mannerisms

c)

in a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner

d)

moved clumsily or heavily