Of Mice and Men - Chapter Two Vocabulary

What does the word "scoff" mean?

• To laugh at with contempt and derision

• A noise one makes that is similar to the sound of a cough.

• To gesticulate, wildly

• Scrape or brush the surface of (a shoe or other object) against something

Which word means "heavily loaded or weighed down"?

• Scourge

• Laden

• Brusque

• Slough

Which word means "a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering"?

• Relish

• Slough

• Scourge

• Abruptly

Which word means "eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight"?

• Mollify

• Bellicose

• Salacious

• Pugnacious

What does the word "gingerly" mean?

• In a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy

• In a rough and reckless manner

• With excessive speed or urgency; hurriedly

• Slow, deliberate, sloth-like movements

What does the word "slough" mean?

• Act in an excessively subservient manner

• To get rid of something undesirable or no longer required

• A hollow filled with mud

• A noisy or violent argument

Which word means, "showing a critical or disrespectful attitude"?

• Mollify

• Scourge

• Gingerly

• derogatory

What does the word "mollify" mean?

• Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

• Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid

• To say something in a blunt or direct manner

• To enjoy something enthusiastically

Which word means, "to walk in an emphatic or exaggerated way"?

• Deliberately

• Relish

• Flounce

• Abruptly

What does the word "plaintive" mean?

• Considered in relation or in proportion to something else

• Cheerful and jovially celebratory

• Sounding sad and mournful

• To a very severe or serious degree.