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Of Mice and men vocab - chapter 1-2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Anguished

a)

to soothe or appease/pacify anger or anxiety

b)

patchy or splotchy

c)

pained, feeling sorrow

d)

in a way that shows pain or sorrow

2.

Bindle

a)

a blanket roll of linens and clothes carried on one's shoulder(s) 

b)

a viewing lense used to see above the water from a submarine

c)

a theatrical acting out of some action or state

d)

to speak or make noises that are mocking and critical 

3.

Calculating

a)

weighed down

b)

deliberate in action for the purposes of manipulation for self-interest

c)

in a highly discouraged way; hopelessly

d)

to speak or make noises that are mocking and critical 

4.

Complacently

a)

to soothe or appease/pacify anger or anxiety

b)

a theatrical acting out of some action or state

c)

in the lying down position

d)

in a very self-satisfied way regarding circumstances are outcomes that one should not be so pleased with; indicating laziness 

5.

Decisive

a)

o speak or make noise in a repetitive, monotonous way

b)

tending to make firm decisions

c)

in a commanding or superior way

d)

weighed down

6.

Dejectedly

a)

quarrelsome; tending to pick fights 

b)

in a foreboding way, implying some bad outcome or misfortune ahead

c)

in a highly discouraged way; hopelessly

d)

in a way that shows pain or sorrow 

7.

Drone

a)

to speak or make noise in a repetitive, monotonous way

b)

in a foreboding way, implying some bad outcome or misfortune ahead 

c)

in the lying down position 

d)

marked or influenced by doubt 

8.

Flounce

a)

 a place where things meet or cross

b)

in a foreboding way, implying some bad outcome or misfortune ahead 

c)

 patchy or splotchy

d)

to move in an exaggerated or angry manner

9.

Imperiously

a)

marked or influenced by doubt

b)

in a commanding or superior way

c)

 a theatrical acting out of some action or state

d)

quarrelsome; tending to pick fights

10.

Junction

a)

weakly; in a way that shows injury or disability

b)

a place where things meet or cross

c)

to soothe or appease/pacify anger or anxiety

d)

in a way that shows ill-temper or grumpiness 

11.

Laden

a)

weighed down

b)

appearing to be up on stilts; stiff

c)

a viewing lense used to see above the water from a submarine 

d)

in the lying down position 

12.

Lamely

a)

appearing to be up on stilts; stiff

b)

patchy or splotchy

c)

a nomadic person who roams from place to place in lieu of a home

d)

weakly; in a way that shows injury or disability

13.

Mollify

a)

quarrelsome; tending to pick fights 

b)

marked or influenced by doubt

c)

to soothe or appease/pacify anger or anxiety

d)

appearing to be up on stilts; stiff

14.

Morosely

a)

 in a way that shows ill-temper or grumpiness

b)

 in a foreboding way, implying some bad outcome or misfortune ahead

c)

quarrelsome; tending to pick fights

d)

to speak or make noises that are mocking and critical 

15.

Mottled

a)

weighed down

b)

in a way that shows ill-temper or grumpiness 

c)

weakly; in a way that shows injury or disability

d)

patchy or splotchy

16.

Ominously

a)

in a foreboding way, implying some bad outcome or misfortune ahead 

b)

in a way that shows pain or sorrow

c)

 a theatrical acting out of some action or state

d)

 to speak or make noises that are mocking and critical 

17.

Pantomime

a)

a viewing lense used to see above the water from a submarine 

b)

a theatrical acting out of some action or state

c)

a nomadic person who roams from place to place in lieu of a home

d)

appearing to be up on stilts; stiff

18.

Periscope

a)

quarrelsome; tending to pick fights

b)

appearing to be up on stilts; stiff

c)

marked or influenced by doubt

d)

a viewing lense used to see above the water from a submarine

19.

Plaintively

a)

deliberate in action for the purposes of manipulation for self-interest 

b)

in a very self-satisfied way regarding circumstances are outcomes that one should not be so pleased with; indicating laziness 

c)

tending to make firm decisions

d)

 in a way that shows pain or sorrow 

20.

Pugnacious

a)

in a way that shows pain or sorrow

b)

patchy or splotchy

c)

quarrelsome; tending to pick fights 

d)

 in a foreboding way, implying some bad outcome or misfortune ahead

21.

Recumbent

a)

 in a way that shows pain or sorrow

b)

in the lying down position

c)

a theatrical acting out of some action or state

d)

appearing to be up on stilts; stiff

22.

Scoff

a)

in a way that shows pain or sorrow

b)

quarrelsome; tending to pick fights

c)

 to speak or make noises that are mocking and critical 

d)

appearing to be up on stilts; stiff

23.

Skeptically

a)

marked or influenced by doubt

b)

in a foreboding way, implying some bad outcome or misfortune ahead 

c)

 in the lying down position

d)

 a nomadic person who roams from place to place in lieu of a home

24.

Stilted

a)

appearing to be up on stilts; stiff

b)

patchy or splotchy

c)

to soothe or appease/pacify anger or anxiety

d)

to speak or make noises that are mocking and critical 

25.

Tramp

a)

in a way that shows pain or sorrow

b)

a theatrical acting out of some action or state

c)

deliberate in action for the purposes of manipulation for self-interest 

d)

a nomadic person who roams from place to place in lieu of a home