The Outsiders vocabulary quiz (chapters 1 - 4)

Define BAWL

• A round object used to play with
• mischievously playful
• to cry very loudly and energetically
• uncooperative and irritable

Define DISGRACE

• to make an involuntary movement away from something because of pain or fear
• bravely in an honorable manner
• an institution for young offenders; reform school
• shame or loss of respect arising from bad behavior

Define MUTTERED

• to cry very loudly and energetically
• mischievously playful
• to speak or say something quietly or indistinctly
• the tendency to align your attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors with those around you

Define RECKLESS

• marked by lack of thought about danger or other possible undesirable conditions
• unable or unwilling to believe
• uninvolved or unwilling to be involved; physically distant
• worried that something bad will happen

Define UNFATHOMABLE

• incapable of serious or organized thought
• shaking rapidly with small movements
• so mysterious or complicated that understanding is impossible
• an institution for young offenders; reform school

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.7.6

Define INCREDULOUS

• shame or loss of respect arising from bad behavior
• shaking rapidly with small movements
• to make an involuntary movement away from something because of pain or fear
• unable or unwilling to believe

Define ROGUISHLY

• mischievously playful
• uninvolved or unwilling to be involved; physically distant
• uncooperative and irritable
• shaking rapidly with small movements

Define SCATTERBRAINED

• unable or unwilling to believe
• clever or artful in a way that is intended to deceive
• shaking rapidly with small movements
• incapable of serious or organized thought

Define SCOWLED

• uninvolved or unwilling to be involved; physically distant
• courteously; bravely in an honorable manner
• expression of anger, displeasure or menace by drawing eyebrows in the forehead
• continuing without stopping, pausing, or diminishing

Define WINCED

• to make an involuntary movement away from something because of pain or fear
• unable or unwilling to believe
• incapable of serious or organized thought
• to cry very loudly and energetically