The Outsiders Vocabulary

What is a palomino?

• a golden horse

• a golden eagle

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a cowlick?

• a treat for a cow

• the way a cow licks something

• a tuft of hair in a different direction from the rest

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

To keel over is to...

• cause the death of someone

• overturn or capsize

• throw up

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does it mean to be shanghaied?

• to kidnap or trick someone into working for you

• to karate chop someone

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is bootlegging?

• selling something illegally or without permission

• wearing long boots to cover your entire leg

• leggings that have boots on them

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Something performed with agility and ease

• clunkiness

• acrobatics

• disdain

• difficult

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Playfully mischievous

• roguishly

• foolish

• naughty

Answer explanation

naughty- disobedient

foolish- unwise

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An amplifier is...

• a device that makes objects in space larger

• electronic equipment that increases strength of signals

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Someone who is ornery is...

• stubborn and unpleasant

• nice and happy

• committing crimes

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Inhalation is...

• to blow air out

• to draw in air

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5