Vocabulary for Of Mice and Men

Anguished

Excruciating distress, suffering or pain

Ashamedly

Feeling shame or embarrassment from something

Contemplate

Think or look at thoughtfully for a long time

Dejectedly

Being unhappy, disappointed with no hope

Mimicking

Imitate someone's words or actions

Morose

Being gloomy, sullen

Pantomime

Dramatically imitate or copy someone's actions

Reluctantly

Being unwilling or hesitant

Apprehensive

Anxious or scared about the future

Complacent

Being smug and self-satisfied with oneself

Contort

To twist and bend out of shape

Mollify

To soften or appease something, like a feeling

Ominous

Giving off a bad feeling, like something bad will happen

Plaintive

Being sad and sorrowful

Precede

To go or come before in line

Profound

A great deal or amount of something, like knowledge

Skeptical

Not easily convinced and has doubts about

Bemused

To be or cause someone to be puzzled or confused

Entranced

In a state of fascination or wonder

Reprehensible

Being worthy of blame or deserve to be punished and blamed

Subdue

To overpower someone or something through force

Subside

To become quieter or sink to a lower level

Appraise

look over and make a judgement about

Contemptuous

Being contempt or scornful, feeling hateful

Disarm

Charming, friendly and trusting

Indignant

Feeling displeased or that something is not right

Maul

To injure very badly, or a really heavy hammer

Meager

Be poor quality or a small amount

Sullenly

In a hostile, unsociable or morose way

Belligerent

Being hostile or aggressive towards another

Bewilder

To really confuse and puzzle

Console

To comfort someone during a hard time, like when they are grieving

Monotonous

Having no variety, very one note, boring

Muffle

To wrap or cover to make it less loud

Quiver

To shake really quickly, vibrate tremendously

Retort

A sharp reply or answer, respond witty, angry way

Sniveled

behave in a whiny and self-pitying way

Sulk

To be silent because they're annoyed or disappointed

Writhe

To twist and squirm one's body because of pain