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Of Mice and Men

ZURICH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - Study for english quiz

WordDefinition
Aloof at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
Apprehension anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
Belligerent warlike; given to waging war.
Cesspool a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house.
Contemplate to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
Crestfallen dejected; dispirited; discouraged.
Derision ridicule; mockery: The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.
Derogatory ending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
Drone talk in a dull voice for a long period of time
Fawning To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.
Indignation strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
Mollify to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
Monotonous lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
Morose gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
Ominous portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
Pantomime the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
Pugnacious inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
Receptive having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
Reverence a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
Reprehensible deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
Woe grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
Writhe to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
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