Of Mice and Men Vocabulary 

(Chapter 1) 

1.Junctures (1) (n.)--the lines or points at which two things are joined 

2.Debris (1) (n.)--scattered, broken pieces

3.Mottled (1) (adj.)--marked or patterned with irregular patches of colors

4.Recumbent (1) (adj.)--lying down

5.Stilted (2) (adj.)--stiff speech or behavior;  artificially formal

6.Morosely (4) (adv.)--gloomily

7.Droned (6) (vb.)--made a low humming noise; spoke monotonously

8.Brusquely (8) (adv.) --rudely brief; curt

9.Anguished (11) (adj.)--having/showing severe physical/mental pain 

(Chapter 2) 

11.Scoff (17) (vb.)--jeer; speak contemptuously 

12.Skeptically (19) (adv.) --disbelievingly; doubtingly; questioningly 

13.Mollified (24) (vb.)--to soothe 

14.Pugnacious (25) (adj.)--eager to fight; aggressive

15.Gingerly (25) (adv.)--cautiously 

16.Ominously (27) (adv.)--foreboding of something bad/evil

17.Derogatory (27) (adj.)--negative; belittling

18.Tart (28) (n.)-- a young woman of immoral character 

19.Flounced (29) (vb.)--to move in a bouncing manner

20.Plaintively (29) (adv.)--expressive of suffering or woe 

21.Apprehensive (32) (adj.)--feeling anxious or fearful about a possible danger

22.Complacently (34) adv.)--a smug sense of satisfaction about oneself or one’s lot in life

23.Grizzled (34) (adj.)--grey-haired 

(Chapter 3) 

24.Derision (38) (n.)--scorn; ridicule 

25.Raptly (58) (adv.) --very intently; focused  

26.Reprehensible (59) (adj.)--deserving rebuke or condemnation for an offense 

27.Bemused (60) (adj.) (vb.)--to bewilder or confuse

28.Wryly (64) (adv.)--mockingly; drily

(Chapter 4) 

29.Aloof (adj.) (p.67)—cool, unconcerned, and unfriendly 

30.Meager (adj.) (p.67)—small in amount 

31.Fawning (vb.) (p. 68)—to court favor by flattering or being overly attentive 

32.Scowl (vb., n.) (p.68)—an angry frown 

33.Disarming (vb.) (p.69)—to make harmless, peaceable, or friendly 

34.Indignation (n.) (p.78)—anger aroused by injustice 

35.Sullenness (n.) (p.78)—gloominess; bad temper 

36.Averted (vb.) (p.81)—turned away 

37.Appraised (vb.) p.81)—studied; estimated quality or value 

38.Crestfallen (adj.) (p.83)—downcast; disappointed at failure 

(Chapter 5) 

39.Woe (n.) (p.87)—sorrow; distress 

40.Bewildered (adj. (p.91)---very puzzled; thoroughly confused 

(Chapter 6) 

41.Belligerently (adv.) (p.102)—aggressively; in a war-like manner 

42.Woodenly (adv.) (p.103)—stiffly, with no expression