of mice and men vocab (all)

recumbent

adj: lying down, reclining

bindle

noun: a bundle of bedding

morosely

adv: gloomily, sullenly

imperiously

adv: in a domineering or bossy way

pugnacious

adj: aggressive, quarrelsome, hostile, belligerent

ominously

adv: in a threatening or dangerous way

derogatory

adj: negative, insulting, degrading, belittling

plaintively

adv: in a pitiful, mournful, or melancholy way

mules

noun: a slipper or shoe with no heel or back part

complacently

adv: pleased with oneself, self-satisfied, smug

euchre

noun: a card game

reprehensible

adj: deserving blame

reverently

adv: deeply respectful

aloof

adj: reserved, distant

liniment

noun: ointment, lotion

fawning

adj: overly flattering, eager to please

sullenness

noun: bitterness, gloominess

contemptuously

adv: scornfully, hostilely

indignation

noun: annoyance, displeasure, anger

averted

verb: turned away, avoiding contact

appraised

verb: estimate the value of

crestfallen

adj: dejected, discouraged

contorted

adj: twisted, deformed, disfigured

writhed

verb: struggled, twisted

mottled

adj: spotted, blotchy, speckled

gingham

adj: checkered cotton fabric

belligerently

adv: warlike, aggressively

monotonous

adj: unchanging, boring, dull