Of Mice And Men Vocab

anguished

showing an agonizing physical or mental pain

appraised

evaluated

apprehensive

uneasy; anxious

ashamedly

showing a feeling of guilt

belligerently

hostilely, aggressively

bemused

put into deep thought

bewildered

confused; befuddled

complacently

in self-satisfied manner

concealing

hiding

confided

told private matters not intended to be publicly known

consoled

comforted

contemplated

considered thoughtfully

contemptuously

with a feeling of contempt; scornfully

contorted

twisted or strained out of shape

dejectedly

sadly, depressed or disheartened

derogatory

detracting or disparaging

disarming

endearing; tending to remove hostility or suspiciously

entranced

fascinated

gestured

made a motion to express a thought or to emphasize speech

impressively

commanding attention; making a strong impression

indignation

an anger aroused by something unjust, mean or unworthy

mauled

handled roughly; beaten up

meager

deficient in quantity; scant

mimicking

imitating

mollified

pacified; calmed

monotonous

unvarying the vocal tone or pitch

morosely

glumly; gloomily

ominously

with foreboding

pantomime

acting that consists of mostly gesture, no speech

persuasive

convincing

plaintively

mournfully; sorrowfully

precede

go before

profound

complete; coming from the depths of one's being

quivering

trembling

reluctantly

unwillingly; hesitantly

reprehensible

worthy of blame; deserving censure

retorted

sharply replied

skeptically

showing doubt or disbelief; questioningly

sniveled

cried or wept with sniffling

subdued

to quiet or bring under control by physical force

subsided

settled down

sulkily

gloomily

sullenness

gloominess

writhed

twisted