Vocabulary Words from Chapters 1-2 of Of Mice and Men and Parts of Speech

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Across
  1. 2. takes the place of a noun
  2. 7. very great or significant; having intellectual depth and insight
  3. 8. carefully or cautiously
  4. 9. showing a critical or disrespectful attitude
  5. 11. full of or heavily loaded with something
  6. 13. settling an issue; having or showing the ability to make quick and effective decisions
  7. 14. a person, place, thing, or idea
  8. 18. a word that joins two words, phrases, clauses, or sentences
  9. 20. done in a manner that expresses sorrow, woe, or melancholy
  10. 24. a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
  11. 25. the complete loss or absence of hope
  12. 27. spoke to someone or about something in a scornfully
  13. 28. a place where things join; a particular point in events or time
  14. 30. appeased (pacified or placated) the anger or anxiety of someone
  15. 31. done consciously or intentionally, not impulsively; carefully and unhurriedly
  16. 32. with great effort, attention, and concentration
  17. 33. acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way
Down
  1. 1. done in a manner that is unconcerned and satisfied with the way things are
  2. 3. a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence; provides the position or location of someone or something
  3. 4. in a playful, mischievous, or saucy manner
  4. 5. the quality or state of being worthy of respect; seriousness of manner, appearance, or language
  5. 6. expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence
  6. 7. eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight
  7. 10. in a way that gives the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; in a threateningly inauspicious (unlucky) manner
  8. 12. a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun
  9. 15. experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering
  10. 16. carefully considered or thought about something
  11. 17. the words a, an, the; they precede (appear before) nouns in English
  12. 19. done in a sad and depressed or dispirited manner
  13. 21. importance, significance, or seriousness; dignity or sobriety of bearing
  14. 22. abrupt or offhand in speech or manner
  15. 23. done in a sullen (bad-tempered and sulky) and ill-tempered manner
  16. 26. done in a way that shows that one is not easily convinced or has doubts or reservations about something
  17. 29. a word that expresses an action or a state of being