Outsiders Chapter 8-9 Vocabulary

Mean; bad-tempered

• ornery

• panicky

• detached

• rueful

a sudden, overwhelming fear

• menace

• panicky

• detached

• rueful

A school where young kids are sent instead of prison

• menace

• reformatory

• detached

• rueful

a threat

• menace

• reformatory

• ornery

• rueful

To do something in a sad or regretful way

• panicky

• detached

• ornery

• ruefully

disconnected

• panicky

• detached

• ornery

• ruefully

Which word would best replace the blank in the sentence?

The adrenaline of the rumble allows Ponyboy to feel ______ from the pain of his injuries.

• ornery

• ruefully

• detached

• panicky

Which word would best replace the blank in the sentence?

When he talks about his younger brother being sent to a reformatory, Tim grins ____________.

• ornery

• ruefully

• detached

• panicky

Which word would best replace the blank in the sentence?

Many people think Greasers are a ____________ to society because they are always getting into trouble.

• ornery

• menace

• detached

• panicky

Which word would best replace the blank in the sentence?

Young Greasers might be sent to the _________ for breaking the law.

• reformatory

• menace

• detached

• ornery