Mice and Men Vocab
1. Juncture: the shape or manner in which things
come together
2. Recumbent: lying down; in a position of comfort
or rest
3. Scowl: frown with displeasure
4. Periscope: an instrument providing a view of an
obstructed field
5. Contemplate: consider as a possibility
6. Anguish: extreme mental distress
7. Laden: filled with a great quantity
8. Mollify: cause to be more favorably inclined
9. Pugnacious: ready and able to resort to force or
violence
10. Ominous: threatening or foreshadowing evil or
tragic developments
11. Derogatory: expressive of low opinion
12. Plaintive: expressing sorrow
13. Complacent: smug or self-satisfied manner
14. Precede: move ahead in time or space
15. Contort: twist and press out of shape
16. Nuisance: a bothersome annoying person
17. Lynch: kill without legal sanction
18. Rheumatism: any painful disorder of the joints
or muscles
19. Subdue: hold within limits of control
20. Rapt: feeling great delight
21. Reprehensible: bringing or deserving severe
rebuke or censure
22. Bemused: deeply absorbed in thought
23. Poised: marked by balance or equilibrium
24. Rivet: a heavy metal pin used to fasten two
pieces of metal
25. Maul: injure badly
26. Indignation: a feeling of righteous anger
27. Avert: turn away or aside
28. Meager: deficient in amount or quality or
extent
29. Sullen: bad tempered and sulky
30. Morose: sullen or ill tempered
31. Droned: to make low, continuous noise that
sounds like humming or buzzing
32. Lumbered: move heavily or clumsily
33. Imperious: having or showing arrogant
superiority to and disdain of those views as
unworthy
34. Flounced: walk in an emphatic or exaggerated
way
35. Brusque: in a blunt direct manner
36. Bridled: to anger or take offense
37. Rumpled: in disarray; extremely disorderly
38. Derision: the act of treating people with
contempt
39. Receptive: willingness or readiness to receive
40. Pulley: a wheel with a groove in which a rope
can run
41. Jeer: laugh at with contempt and derision
42. Tenement: a run-down apartment house barely
minimum standards
43. Woe: intense mournfulness
44. Earnestly: in a serious manner
45. Coarse: rough to the touch
46. Writhe: to move in a twisting or contorted
motion
47. Muffle: deaden (a sound or noise) especially by
wrapping
48. Hoarse: deep and harsh sounding as if from
shouting or illness
49. Bewildered: perplexed by many conflicting
situations or statements
50. Discontent: a longing for something better than
the present situation
51. Reassure: give or restore confidence in
52. Tart: harsh
53. Snivel: cry or whine with snuffling
54. Belligerent: characteristic of an enemy or one
eager to fight
55. Monotonous: sounded or spoken in a tone
unvarying in pitch
56. Stew: bear a grudge, harbor ill feelings
57. Mottled: having spots or patches of color
58. Laden: filled with great quantity
59. Gravity: a manner that is serious and solemn
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Juncture
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Scowl
Periscope
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Precede
Contort
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Lynch
Rheumatism
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Rapt
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Reprehensible
Bemused
Poised
Rivet
Maul
Indignation
Avert
Meager
Sullen
Morose
Droned
Lumbered
Imperious
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Rumpled
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Jeer
Tenement
Woe
Earnestly
Coarse
Writhe
Muffle
Hoarse
Bewildered
Discontent
Reassure
Tart
Snivel
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Monotonous
Stew
Mottled
Gravity
Vocabulary Building
Place the vocabulary words in the following categories
Words You Know the Meaning
Words You Think You Know
Words You Do Not Know
Vocab Building
Choose ten words form your chart. 5 from the words you think you know and 5 from the words you do not know. Create
flashcards of the word with the following information:
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Definition of the word
The definition in your own words
An image that helps you remember the meaning of the word
A statement that taps into your prior knowledge about the word.
A sentence using the word
Definition of the Word
Image that helps you remember the word’s meaning
Definition in your own words
A statement that taps into your prior knowledge
A sentence using the word to help you understand its
about the word.
meaning