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Of Mice and Men-H
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| morose | having a withdrawn gloomy personality |
| mottle | to mark something with an irregular pattern of patches or spots of different colors |
| recumbent | lying back or lying down |
| drone | to make a continuous low humming sound OR to talk for a long time in a boring voice |
| ominous | suggesting or indicating that something bad is going to happen or be revealed |
| pugnacious | inclined to fight or be aggressive |
| derogatory | expressing a low opinion or negative criticism |
| bemuse | to cause somebody to be confused or puzzled |
| reprehensible | highly unacceptable and deserving censure |
| reverence | feeling of deep respect or devotion |
| aloof | uninvolved or unwilling to become involved with other people, especially du to a sense of superiority to them |
| meager | unsatisfactory in quantity, substance, or size |
| contemptuously | feeling, expressing, or demonstrating a strong dislike or utter lack of respect for somebody or something |
| complacent | self-satisfied, usually in an unreflective way and without being aware of possible dangers OR eager to please |
| contort | to become so twisted as to take on an unnatural or grotesque shape |
| belligerent | hostile, ready to start a fight, or ready to go to war |
| monotonous | uninteresting or boring as a result of being repetitive and unvaried |
| retort | to say something sharp, angry, witty, or insulting in quick response to something somebody else has said. |