Of mice and men vocab

Junctures

seams; closures

Debris

remains; ruins; wreckage

Mottled

blotchy; speckled; spotted

Recumbent

lying down; reclining

Wearily

tiredly; with exhaustion

Morosely

drearily; dully

Timidly

shyly; apprehensively; faintheartedly

Scowled

frowned; glared

Resignedly

giving up

Brusquely

harshly; bluntly

Imperiously

arrogantly; domineeringly

Dejectedly

with depression; with sadness

Scoffed

insulted; ridiculed

Skeptically

with doubt; with disbelief

Abruptly

suddenly; hurriedly

Mollified

soothed; calmed

Pugnacious

aggressive; unfriendly; hostile

Ominously

threateningly; fatefully; forebodingly

Derogatory

negative; uncomplimentary; unflattering

Plaintively

sorrowfully; mournfully; pathetically

Gravity

importance; significance

Profound

deep; heavy; serious; wise

Complacently

done at ease; unruffled; self-satisfiedly

Derision

hate; arrogance

Receptive

interested; open-minded

Lynch

to execute; to hang; to string up

Rheumatism

a disease of stiff joints, muscles or bones

Raptly

attentively; absorbedly; intently

Reprehensible

shameful; disgraceful; despicable

Reverently

respectfully

Bemused

engrossed; enthralled

Poised

balanced

Wryly

amusingly; comically; ironically

Aloof

distant; detached; unapproachable; proud

Liniment

cream; ointment

Fawning

subservient; groveling; servile

Disarming

making one helpless or harmless

Scornful

arrogant; sarcastic

Sullenness

depression; despair; gloom

Contemptuously

done with hatred

Indignation

resentment; anger

Ego

individuality; personality; self; pride

Averted

turned away; prevented

Crestfallen

disappointed; discouraged; unhappy

Woe

sorrow; misery; grief

Sulkily

marked by depression

Retorted

answered; replied; responded

Belligerently

aggressively; forwardly

Monotonous

repetitiously dull

Craftily

schemingly; slyly; deceptively