Of Mice and Men Vocabulary PDF

# Of Mice and Men ## Vocabulary with Definitions ### Chapter One 1. Junctures: points of union; connections 2. debris: fragments of something broken into pieces 3. mottled: spotted; marked with different colors 4. recumbent: lying back; resting or leaning 5. morosely: in a withdrawn or gloomy way;...

# Of Mice and Men ## Vocabulary with Definitions ### Chapter One 1. Junctures: points of union; connections 2. debris: fragments of something broken into pieces 3. mottled: spotted; marked with different colors 4. recumbent: lying back; resting or leaning 5. morosely: in a withdrawn or gloomy way; sadly; thoughtfully 6. lumbered: moved clumsily or heavily 7. brusquely: abruptly, angrily, or bluntly in manner or speech 8. pantomime: an imitation of someone else's mannerisms 9. contemplated: thought deeply about 10. imperiously: in a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner 11. anguished: with extreme anxiety or torment; distressed 12. yammered: howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered ### Chapter Two 1. scoff (at): to make fun of; tease 2. mollified: soothed, appeased; calmed 3. pugnacious: belligerent or aggressive in nature; quarrelsome 4. gingerly: very carefully 5. handy: clever and useful 6. ominously: in a threatening way, indicating something bad is going to happen 7. slough: to cast something off; shed 8. derogatory: critical or disparaging 9. flounced: moved in an exaggerated or angry way 10. plaintively: in a sorrowful or melancholy way; mournfully 11. decisive: able to make decisions quickly; firm 12. complacently: with self-satisfaction; smugly ### Chapter Three 1. derision: mocking scorn; ridicule 2. lynch: to seize and punish someone believed to have committed a crime 3. concealing: putting or keeping someone or something out of sight; hiding 4. stride: a long step 5. gnawing: persistent and troubling 6. entranced: in a state of fascination or wonder 7. reprehensible: highly unacceptable; deserving criticism 8. bemused: caused somebody to be confused or puzzled 9. cowering: cringing or moving backward defensively in fear 10. regarded: thought carefully about someone or something; judged 11. wryly: in an amusing and ironic way 12. solemnly: in a humorless or formal manner ### Chapter Four 1. mauled: beat, battered, or tore at a person or animal 2. aloof: uninvolved with people or events; remote 3. meager: unsatisfactorily small; unsatisfying 4. liniment: a pain-relieving cream or ointment 5. fawning: attempting to please with flattery 6. disarming: charming; friendly or trusting 7. scornful: feeling or expressing great contempt for someone or something 8. brutally: in an unrelentingly harsh or cruel way 9. indignation: anger about an unfairness or wrongdoing 10. averted: turned away ### Chapter Five 1. jeering: shouting or laughing at someone or something in a mocking or hurtful way 2. hurled: threw something with great force 3. sullenly: in a hostile, unsociable, or morose way 4. woe: grief or distress resulting from serious misfortune 5. consoled: provided comfort to someone who is distressed or saddened 6. contorted: greatly bent out of shape 7. writhed: twisted or squirmed, especially from feelings of pain 8. muffled: wrapped or padded with material in order to stifle sound 9. bewildered: completely confused or puzzled 10. pawed: struck at repeatedly; touched clumsily 11. cringed: pulled away in a frightened manner 12. sniveled: behaved in a whining or self-pitying way ### Chapter Six 1. lanced: pierced with a sharp instrument 2. scudded: moved swiftly and smoothly 3. disapprovingly: with negative judgment based upon personal standards 4. haunches: hip, buttocks, or upper thigh of an animal 5. retorted: responded in a witty, angry, or insulting manner 6. belligerently: in a hostile, aggressive, or fighting manner 7. woodenly: in an emotionless, unresponsive manner; like wood 8. monotonous: uninteresting or boring 9. craftily: in a clever or tricky way 10. triumph: an act or occasion of winning or being victorious 11. dutifully: in an obedient manner; without protest 12. jarred: shook something abruptly