Outsiders Vocabulary

spruced

• climbing a tree

• neat in dress and appearance

• upset

What does mortal mean?

• it rhymes with portal

• a door that opens to heaven

• very great

What does it mean to grimace?

• a facial expression that is ugly or shows pain or disapproval

• a happy smile to show love

• the look a gremlin gives you before he goes to sleep

What does ruefully mean?

• to grow roots

• a way that expresses sorrow or regret in a humorous way

• to mumble and complain about school work

leery

• something that is leaking

• starring in an anger way

• suspicious or wary

stupor

• A state of near unconsciousness or insensibility

• very sleepy or drowsy

• king of the world

What does it mean to be delirious?

• delicious or tasting amazing

• a disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or injury

• a state of fruitless labor that makes you exhausted

What does idolized mean?

• being a singer on a show called American Idol

• to look up to, revere, admire someone or something

• land that is surrounded by water on all sides

• getting punched because you made a bad joke

What does liable mean?

• guilty

• not guilty

• impatient

• likely to do or to be something

What does acquitted mean?

• being afraid of consequences

• free (someone) from a criminal charge

• guilty of a criminal charge