Outsiders Vocabulary Chapter 1-5

What does the word disgrace mean in the following sentence: "Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next."

• favorite

• disappointment

• friend

• assistant

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word hoodlum mean in the following sentence: " "Dropout" made me think of some poor dumb-looking hoodlum wandering the streets breaking out street lights."

• someone who commits crimes and maybe violent

• someone who does their job

• someone who dances

• someone who goes to the movies

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word ornery mean in the following sentence: "Mickey Mouse was a dark-gold buckskin, sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt."

• angry

• silly

• proud

• stubborn

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word chattered mean in the following sentence: "My teeth chattered unceasingly and I couldn't stop them."

• talked too much

• yelled and screamed

• teeth clicked together out of fear or cold

• stuck tongue in between teeth

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word reluctantly mean in the following sentence: "I put the book down reluctantly. I wanted to start it right then."

• ready to go

• unwilling

• excited

• angry

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word madras mean in the following sentence: "He had on a madras shirt. I can still see it. Blue madras."

• sheepskin

• tie dye

• a cotton fabric

• a pattern to go on a shirt

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word unceasingly mean in the following sentence: "My teeth chattered unceasingly and I couldn't stop them."

• on and off

• in a pattern

• not going

• non stop

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word heaved mean in the following sentence: "Our gang had chased the Socs to their car and heaved rocks at them."

• pushed

• threw

• caught

• jumped

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word slyly mean in the following sentence: "He grinned slyly."

• manipulative

• busily

• shyly

• angrily

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word pleaded mean in the following sentence: "I pleaded with Darry. "I was talking to Johnny and we both dropped off...".

• yelled

• screamed

• cried

• begged

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4