1. Of Mice and Men Vocabulary- word list 1

2. Junctures
A point of joining
His new book emphasizes the importance of the juncture of poetry and music in a new art form.

3. Marked with spots of different colors
Mottled
Marked with spots of different colors
The floor was covered with mottled linoleum.

4. Artificially formal, stiff
stilted
Artificially formal, stiff
The demeanor of the English royalty seems stilted to many Americans.

5. He was very morose after his wife left him.
Being sullen or gloomy
He was very morose after his wife left him.

6. Extremely overbearing
Imperious
Extremely overbearing
The imperious behavior of the dictator led to his overthrow

7. To take great pleasure or delight in
Relish
To take great pleasure or delight in
I relish the thought of graduating from high school.

8. Mollify
To soothe or to appease
The women promised to buy candy in order to mollify her screaming child.

9. Looking for a fight, combative
Pugnacious
Looking for a fight, combative
There are many pugnacious kids at our school who bully other kids.

10. The ominous clouds were harbingers of the tornado.
Threatening
The ominous clouds were harbingers of the tornado.

11. Mournful and expressing sorrow
Plaintive
Mournful and expressing sorrow
The dog moaned in a plaintive manner when her puppies were taken.

12. Fragile, easily damaged The old man’s brittle bones broke easily.

13. The state of being self-satisfied
Complacency
The state of being self-satisfied
Considering that he is failing, it is curious to see his sense of complacency.

14. He sloughs off criticism like water off a duck’s back.
To cast off
He sloughs off criticism like water off a duck’s back.

15. Example: Absent, abstinence
PREFIX
Prefix: A, AB, ABS
Meaning: away, from
Example: Absent, abstinence

16. ROOT
Root: BAS
Meaning: LOW
Example: Basement

17. SUFFIX
SUFFIX: -able, -ible
MEANING: Able to (adj.)
EXAMPLE: usable