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Of Mice and Men Vocabulary- word list 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

ROOT Root: BAS Meaning: LOW Example: Basement

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