Outsiders Chapters 1-6 Vocabulary

Definition: a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality

Synonyms: benefit, advantage, blessing, good point, strong point, strength

Vocabulary word:

• Marked lousy

• Loping

• Asset

• Madras

In a sentence: ""she ran with an easy, ______ gait," "he covers a lot of ground with his ________ strides"

Synonyms: gallop, bound, canter, trot, run

Antonyms: lumbering, trodding, trudging

Vocabulary word:

• Loping

• Unfathomable

• Slouched

• Savvy

The definition of madras is:

• Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way

• Shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments

• A lock of hair that grows in a direction different from the rest and that resists being combed flat

• A strong, fine-textured cotton fabric, typically patterned with colorful stripes or checks

Choose the sentence where the word unfathomable is best used:

• "A little sprig of an unfathomable stood up on the back of her head"

• "Her gray eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion"

• "These young soldiers fought unfathomable for their nation"

• "The unfathomable can go unnoticed for many days before smoke starts to be seen"

All three of these definitions apply to the following Vocabulary word:

1. shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments

2. shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgment

3. know or understand

• Savvy

• Madras

• Cowlick

• Stereotype

Definition: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

In a sentence: "Your sister's mean, she has __________ against people from different backgrounds"

Vocabulary word:

• Vaguely

• Prejudice

• Stalked

• Gallantly

The definition of a stereotype is:

• A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

• Pursue or approach stealthily

• In a way that is uncertain, indefinite or unclear; roughly

• In a brave or heroic manner

Here are some synonyms for the following Vocabulary word:

disbelieving, unbelieving, doubtful, dubious, unconvinced, distrustful, distrusting, mistrustful, mistrusting

• Slouched

• Loping

• Savvy

• Incredulous

Vocabulary word in a sentence: "He asked her out on a date and her response wasn't great - he winced at the disgust in her voice"

Definition:

• Bad-tempered and combative

• Give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress

• In a way that expresses sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous manner

• An institution to which youthful offenders are sent as an alternative to prison; a reform school

In a sentence: "He crept up on his friends like a cat _________ a mouse."

Synonyms: creep up on, trail, follow, shadow, track down, go after, be after

Vocabulary word:

• Stalked

• Winced

• Ornery

• Aloofness