Vocabulary • Ch 2 - Of Mice and Men • Definitions

What word means to show or point out something?

• decisive

• indicate

• plaintive

• pugnacious

What word means the way someone feels or sounds?

• plaintive

• apprehensive

• tone

• muse

What is the definition of 'contort'?

• Very deep or important

• Making final or important decisions

• To twist or bend out of shape

• To make someone feel less angry or upset

What word means to come before something else?

• plaintive

• overtone

• grave

• precede

What is the definition of 'apprehensive'?

• Feeling worried or uncertain about something

• To think carefully and make a decision

• Having doubts or questioning something's truth

• A person who lives in a place

What is the definition of 'grave'?

• A person who lives in a place

• To come before something else

• The way someone feels or sounds

• A hole in the ground for dead people

What is the definition of 'deliberate'?

• Sounding sad or expressing sorrow

• Very deep or important

• To twist or bend out of shape

• To think carefully and make a decision

What is the definition of 'complacent'?

• To twist or bend out of shape

• To make someone feel less angry or upset

• To come before something else

• Feeling too satisfied with oneself

What is the definition of 'skeptical'?

• Feeling too satisfied with oneself

• To think carefully and make a decision

• Sounding sad or expressing sorrow

• Having doubts or questioning something's truth

What is the definition of 'engage'?

• Feeling worried or uncertain about something

• A person who lives in a place

• To participate in an activity or conversation

• A hole in the ground for dead people