1. Of Mice and Men Study Guide – Chapter One
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Vocabulary: Define the following words and be able to understand them when they appear in the novel.
Word
Part of Speech
Definition
1. mottled
2. recumbent
3. morosely
4. droned
5. lumbered
6. brusquely 7. pantomime
8. imperiously
9. anguished
10. yammered

2. Of Mice and Men Study Guide – Chapter Two
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Vocabulary: Define the following words and be able to understand them when they appear in the novel.
Word
Part of Speech
Definition
1. skeptically
2. cesspool
3. mollified
4. pugnacious
5. ominously
6. derogatory 7. plaintively
8. apprehensive
9. profound
10. complacently

3. Of Mice and Men Study Guide – Chapter Three
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Vocabulary: Define the following words and be able to understand them when they appear in the novel.
Word
Part of Speech
Definition
1. derision
2. scuttled
3. rheumatism
4. entranced
5. reprehensible
6. bemused 7. spectacles

4. Of Mice and Men Study Guide – Chap. Four, Five, and Six
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Vocabulary: Define the following words and be able to understand them when they appear in the novel.
Word
Part of Speech
Definition
1. liniment
2. mauled
3. scornful
4. disarming
5. bewildered
6. sniveled 7. belligerently
8. scudded
9. monotonous