! ! !!Mice!and!Men!Ch.!2!
Mrs.!Latif!! ! ! Name________________________________________!Hour___________!
Of!Mice!and!Men!!
Chapter!2!Study!Guide!
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To!help!you!understand!the!text,!I!have!provided!vocabulary!words!with!their!definitions!
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abruptly)–!suddenly!
apprehensive)–!anxious,!uneasy,!fearful!
archly)–!mischievously,!slyly!
bridled)–!drew!back!scornfully!or!angrily;!took!offense!
complacently)–!in!a!selfIsatisfied!way,!contentedly!
contorted)–!twisted!
derogatory)–!deliberately!offensive,!negative!
dousing)–!soaking!
flounced)–!moved!impatiently!
gravity)–!seriousness!
grizzled)–!streaked!with!gray!
intently)–!firmly,!focused!
laden)–!burdened!
liniment)–!soothing!balm!
mollified)–!soothed!
ominously)–!threateningly,!in!a!way!that!bodes!evil!
plaintively)–!mournfully,!pleadingly!
precede)–!go!before!
pugnacious)–!warlike,!inclined!to!fight,!combative!
scoff)–!to!mock!
scowled)–!frowned!angrily!
scrappy)–!quarrelsome!
skeptically)–!doubtfully!
slough)–!to!cast!off!
vials)–!bottles!
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In!your!notebooks,!write!down!the!vocabulary!words,!part!of!speech,!definitions,!and!the!first!
sentence!with!the!vocabulary!word!from!the!text,!and!then!rewrite!the!same!sentence!but)replace)
the)vocabulary)word)with)the)definition.!Make!sure!you!underline!the!vocabulary!work!and!the!
definition.!
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Abruptly!(adj.)! ! ! ! Apprehensive!(adj.)!
Complacently!(adj.)! ! ! ! Derogatory!(adj.)!
Gravity!(noun)!!!!Intently!(adj.)!
Ominously!(adverb)!!!!Precede!(verb)!
Skeptically!(adj.)!!!!scowled!(verb)!
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