The Outsiders Chapter 10-12 Vocab

"Dally had taken the car and I started the long walk home in a stupor.”

What does stupor mean?

• unclear

• daze, trance

• to duck or shudder

• to admire

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"We all left the house at a dead run, even Steve, and I wondered vaguely why no one was doing somersaults off the steps this time."

What does vaguely mean?

• to admire

• unclear

• released

• large

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"But I had a sick feeling that maybe I hadn't called for him while I was delirious, maybe I had only wanted Sodapop to be with me."

What does delirious mean?

• unclear

• crazed or insane

• to admire

• to change direction

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Darry's hopes that Soda was asleep were immediately ruined, because he came running in, clad only in a pair of blue jeans."

What does clad mean?

• to admire

• covered/dressed

• large/big

• responsible for something

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Did he have a kid brother who idolized him?"

What does idolized mean?

• to admire

• to run away

• to hate something

• to change direction

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"If the judge decides Darry isn't a good guardian or something, I'm liable to get stuck in a home somewhere."

What does liable mean?

• responsible for something

• covered/dressed

• unable to speak

• to change direction

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Darry said, 'Yes, sir,' looking straight at the judge, not flinching; but Soda looked at me like he was sentencing me to the electric chair before he gave the same answer."

What does flinching mean?

• to admire

• to poke or touch

• to duck or shudder

• to feel important

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Then he said I was acquitted and the whole case was closed."

What does acquitted mean?

• to admire

• to be released or set free

• to hate

• to be unclear about something

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"I tried writing about Soda's horse, Mickey Mouse, but I couldn't get it right; it always came out sounding corny."

What does corny mean?

• cheesy / old fashioned

• large

• hilarious

• brand new

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"He veered off to the right, but I caught him in a flying tackle before he'd gone more than a couple of steps."

What does veered mean?

• to change direction

• to jump high in the air

• to stand still or in one place

• to continue on the same path

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4