Ch. 1 Vocab for Of Mice and Men

What does the word 'junctures' mean?

• Spotted; marked with different colors

• Points of union; connections

• Moved clumsily or heavily

• Fragments of something broken into pieces

Which word means 'lying back; resting or leaning'?

• Debris

• Recumbent

• Mottled

• Imperiously

What is the meaning of the word 'morosely'?

• Abruptly, angrily, or bluntly in manner of speech

• An imitation of someone else’s mannerisms

• In a withdrawn or gloomy way; sadly; thoughtfully

• With extreme anxiety or torment; distressed

Which word describes someone who 'moves clumsily or heavily'?

• Lumbered

• Anguished

• Pantomime

• Yammered

What does the word 'contemplated' mean?

• In a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner

• Think deeply about

• Howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered

• With extreme anxiety or torment; distressed

Which word describes 'abruptly, angrily, or bluntly in manner of speech'?

• brusquely

• imperiously

• yammered

• mottled

Which word describes 'fragments of something broken into pieces'?

• pantomime

• debris

• morosely

• junctures

What does the word 'mottled' mean?

• howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered

• spotted; marked with different colors

• points of union; connections

• think deeply about

What does the word 'pantomime' mean?

• abruptly, angrily, or bluntly in manner of speech

• with extreme anxiety or torment; distressed

• an imitation of someone else’s mannerisms

• lying back; resting or leaning

Which word describes 'in a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner'?

• anguished

• recumbent

• mottled

• imperiously