Of Mice and Men Vocab List 1

think about

• contemplate

• ominous

• derogatory

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious

• ominous

• derogatory

• pugnacious

showing a critical or disrespectful attitude

• derogatory

• mimic

• mend

eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

• pugnacious

• reverent

• reprehensible

sad and mournful

• plaintive

• pugnacious

• contemplate

a particular point in events or time

• juncture

• plaintive

• reverent

deserving censure or condemnation

• reprehensible

• mimic

• derogatory

feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.

• reverent

• mend

• pugnacious

repair something that is broken or damaged

• mend

• contemplate

• ominous

imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule

• mimic

• ominous

• plaintive