“Of Mice and Men” Vocabulary Words

juncture

debris

mottled

recumbent

tramp

emerge

companion

embrace

despair

drone

current

lumber

brusquely

elaborate

pantomime

contemplate

quiver

scoff

mimic

anguish

bait

plead

gesture

glimmer

occupant

vial

laden

indicate

scourge

relish

deliberately

promptly

abruptly

peer

reassure

bristle

calculate

pugnacious

gingerly

slough

derogatory

basin

tangle

decisive

contorted

rouge

cluster

brittle

apprehensive

disengage

gravity

profound

authority

complacently

compliment

douse

precede

derision

nuisance

stride

subdued

deliberate

creep

chamber

rapt

subside

bemused

retreat

poised

cower

accumulate

civil

aloof

meager

fawning

persuasive

apprehension

scornful

conceal

indignation

retire

scorn

ego

avert

appraise

crestfallen

jeer

woe

console

writhe

cringe

hover

retort

monotonous

advance

confide

bewildered

discontent

snivel

coarse