The Outsiders Vocabulary

delinquent

• a young criminal offender
• hatred for something or someone
• happening over and over again
• pulled very tightly

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When my brother was in the army, he learned how to pull the sheets so _______ that you could bounce a quarter off of them. 

• gallant
• ember
• taut
• gingerly

I think that swimming in the ocean during January is ___________, but my dad thinks it is perfectly safe. 

• scarce
• ornery
• reckless
• liable

____________ means that you follow the crowd and make yourself like everyone else in your group. 

• conformity
• bleak
• leery
• ging

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The soldier displayed __________ when he refused to run the 10 miles his superior officer ordered him to complete.

• defiance
• contempt
• bleak
• scarce

The weaker team _________ when they saw the larger, stronger team enter the field.

• veered
• acquired
• quivered
• embered

The young man was considered ___________ because he always gave up his seat on the bus when a lady entered.

• leery
• bleak
• aloofness
• gallant

You must make sure that all of the ___________ are completely out before leaving the campsite so that a fire does not start again.

• embers
• bleaks
• premonitions
• aloofness

My ___________ of a bad result prevented me from going along with that group to break into the abandoned building.

• contempt
• premonition
• ornery
• recurring

I was able to ____________ 10 more sponsors for our charity event even after everyone said I would not be able to get any!

• ember
• acquire
• scarce
• gingerly