The Outsiders Vocabulary 1

I heard (a)n __________________ curse and got slugged again, and they were stuffing a handkerchief in my mouth.

• bawling

• disgrace

• muttered

• reckless

• unfathomable

The Socs jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public ___________ one day and an asset to society the next.

• bawling

• disgrace

• muttered

• reckless

• unfathomable

He liked fights, blondes and for some _____________ reason, school.

• bawling

• disgrace

• muttered

• reckless

• unfathomable

He has a finely drawn, sensitive face that somehow manages to be _____ and thoughtful at the same time.

• bawling

• reckless

• unfathomable

• muttered

• disgrace

I was smarting and aching and my chest was sore and I was so nervous my hands were shaking and I wanted to start _________, but you just don't say that to Darry.

• bawling

• disgrace

• muttered

• reckless

• unfathomable