Mice And Men Vocab Flashcards
(22 cards)
Recumbent
Adj, lying down
Syn:reclining
Ant:straight
He was recumbent on his couch the moment he got home.
Junctures
Noun, point of time made critical or important by circumstances
Syn:moment
Ant:advantage
At this juncture, we have to decide whether to stay or not.
Bindle
Noun, bundle carried by a hobo.
Syn:sack
Ant: accomplished
She carried her bundle as she ran away from home.
Morosely
Adj, gloomy/ill-humored person or mood
Syn:wistfully
Ant:happily
She came home morosely, and drenching wet because she forgot her umbrella.
Droned
Verb, low noise/monotone voice
Syn:hum
Ant:silence
The history teacher taught bored kids as he droned in about Thomas Jefferson.
Pantomime
Noun, gesture without noise
Syn:imitating
Ant:loud
Many Italians pantomime and talk at the same time.
Imperiously
Adj, urgent or imperative
Syn:proudly
Ant:humbly
She answered the question in an imperiously matter of fact manner.
Dejected
Adj, depressed in spirits
Syn:glum
Ant:happy
She was dejected because she found out that her parents were divorce ing.
Anguished
Adj, showing stress/pain
Syn:agony
Ant:delight
He was anguished because he had gotten a bad grade in math class.
Liniment
Noun, liquid applied to bruised skin
Syn:lotion
Ant:gas
He applied the liniment on his arm after playing football.
Pugnacious
Adj, inclined to fight
Syn:combative
Ant:kind
The school bully became pugnacious due to a bad father son relationship.
Ominously
Adj, emitting evil/harm
Syn:forbidding
Ant:cheerful
The new student ominously looked at a commonly hated student after being made fun of.
Derogatory
Adj, tending to lessen reputation
Syn:spiteful
Ant:praising
The girl looked at someone in a derogatory manner, and started planning to hurt them.
Plaintively
Adj, expressing sorrow
Syn:melancholy
Ant:cheerful
During lunch, the boy plaintively sat, and ten didn’t talk to his friend.
Complacently
Adj, pleased with oneself
Syn:confident
Ant:unsure
The girl rose her hand and shouted the answers for every question complacently.
Derision
Noun, ridicule/make fun of
Syn:mockery
Ant:praise
The comedy performance include derision from the audience.
Rheumatism
Noun, disorders caused by pain
She had a disease caused by pain called Rheumatism.
Bemused
Adj, confused or uninformed
Syn:distracted
Ant:bored
The teacher kept students bemused in class, by putting on acts and characters.
Contemptuous
Adj, showing/expressing contempt/disdain
Syn:arrogantly
Ant:humbly
The teacher contemptuously talked as if he knew everything.
Averted
Verb, turn away/avoid
Syn:prevent
Ant:aid
He was being averted because he had hurt someone.
Crestfallen
Adj, dejected/ let down
Syn:disappointed
Ant:cheerful
After he studied for six hours, he was crestfallen that he got 60%.
Sullenly
Adj, indicative of gloomy ill-humor
Syn: malicious
Ant: cheerful
After being broken up with, she sullenly walked home.
