The Outsiders Vocabulary 7-9

The word folks MOST NEARLY means:

• when you do not speak or act for a short time, usually because you are uncertain, embarrassed, or worried about what you are going to say or do

• to take someone's attention away from something

• a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something

• when there is not enough of something

• people in general; everybody or anybody

The word bleak MOST NEARLY means:

• a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something

• extreme anxiety about or fear of someone or something

• when there is not enough of something

• when there is little or no hope for the future

• the fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some other way

The word menace MOST NEARLY means:

• something that is likely to cause harm

• to take someone's attention away from something

• when there is little or no hope for the future

• extreme anxiety about or fear of someone or something

• happening again or many times

What word MOST NEARLY means:

when there is not enough of something?

• resemblance

• scarce

• mortal

• hesitate

• mimic

What word MOST NEARLY means:

to copy the way someone talks and behaves, usually to make people laugh?

• scarce

• bleak

• exploits

• interfere

• mimic

What word MOST NEARLY means:

to take someone's attention away from something?

• divert

• bleak

• resemblance

• menace

• mortal

What word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

Should you have any questions, please do not _____ to contact us.

• recurring

• contempt

• hesitate

• interfere

• mimic

What word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

The long journey _____ the children.

• contempt

• exhausted

• menace

• scarce

• mimic

What word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

Don't _____ in what doesn't concern you.

• contempt

• menace

• resemblance

• interfere

• mock

What word BEST COMPLETES this sentence?

His wartime _____ were later made into a movie.

• mimic

• mortal

• contempt

• exploits

• exhausted