Of Mice and Men

Question 1

aloof

Answer 1

ADJECTIVE
definition: apart, indifferent
Syn: detached, incurious, unconcerned
Ant: integrated: friendly

Question 2

appreciate

Answer 2

VERB

definition: to increase in value
ant: to decrease in value

Question 3

apprehend

Answer 3

VERB
definition: to seize, arrest, take into custody; or understand, become aware of
Ant: turn loose

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

ADJECTIVE
definition: waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness
Syn: bellicose, pugnacious, combative, contentious, quarrelsome
Ant: peaceful

Question 5

Bemuse

Answer 5

VERB
definition: to confuse or bewilder
Ant: enlighten

Question 6

Brittle

Answer 6

ADJECTIVE
definition: fragile, frail, easily damaged
Syn: fragile, frangible, friable
Ant: flexible

Question 7

Complacency

Answer 7

NOUN
definition: state of being self-satisfied
Ant: dissatisfaction

Question 8

Derision

Answer 8

NOUN
definition: scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
Ant: applause

Question 9

Imperious

Answer 9

ADJECTIVE
definition: extremely overbearing
Syn: domineering, imperative, masterful, preemptory
Ant: meek

Question 10

Indignation

Answer 10

NOUN
definition: anger as a result of something unjust
Syn: fury, ire, rage, wrath
Ant: serenity

Question 11

Juncture

Answer 11

NOUN
definition: a point of joining
Ant: separation

Question 12

mollify

Answer 12

VERB
definition: to soothe or appease, assuage
Syn: appease, conciliate, pacify, placate, propitiate
Ant: aggravate

Question 13

monotony

Answer 13

NOUN
definition: sameness
Ant: diversity

Question 14

Morose

Answer 14

ADJECTIVE
definition: being sullen or gloomy
Syn: crabbed, glum, saturnine, sulky, surly
Ant: cheerful

Question 15

Mottled

Answer 15

ADJECTIVE
definition: marked with spots of different color
Syn: spotted, blotched
Ant: evenly colored

Question 16

plaintive

Answer 16

ADJECTIVE
definition: mournful and expressing sorrow
Ant: joyful

Question 17

ominous

Answer 17

ADJECTIVE
definition: threatening
Syn: fateful, portentous

Question 18

pugnacious

Answer 18

ADJECTIVE
definition: looking for a fight, combative, belligerent
Syn: bellicose, belligerent, contentious, quarrelsome
Ant: peaceful

Question 19

relish

Answer 19

VERB
definition: to take great pleasure or delight I
Ant: detest

Question 20

reprehensible

Answer 20

ADJECTIVE
definition: deserving blame or reprimand
Syn: blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, reprobatory
Ant: praiseworthy

Question 21

revere

Answer 21

VERB
definition: to honor, to regard with respect
Syn: adore, venerate, worship
Ant: despise

Question 22

Scuttle

Answer 22

VERB
definition: to sink–usually a ship
Syn: preserve

Question 23

Slough

Answer 23

VERB
definition: to cast off
Ant: grasp; hold tenaciously

Question 24

stilted

Answer 24

ADJECTIVE
definition: artificially formal, stiff, pompous
Ant: genuine

Question 25

Wispy

Answer 25

ADJECTIVE definition: small in amount, fragile, or slight Ant: substantial