The Outsiders Vocabulary Quiz!

Which of the following is a synonym for ELITE.

Book Example: Two-Bit added grimly, "a few other of the socially elite checkered shirt set."

• Sheering or Mocking

• Superior

• Cautious or Wary

• To Obey

Which words are synonymous for leery?

Book Example: "We mostly stuck with our own outfits; so I was a little leery of going over to him.

• Advantage

• Avoid

• Cautious or Wary

• Shine Brightly

Which of the following means in a wishful way?

• Doggedly

• Nostalgic

• Liable

• Sagely

True or False: The word recur means to occur again.

Book Example: "Soda began sleeping with me, and [the nightmare] stopped recurring so often, but it happened often enough for Darry to take me to a doctor"

• True

• False

Which of the following is a synonym for racking?

Book Example: "I could hear the sobs racking him as he fought to keep back the tears."

• Coolness

• Determined

• Agonizing

• Disbelieving

Which of the following is a synonym for clad?

Book Example: "He came running in, clad only in a pair of blue jeans."

• Clothed

• Liable

• Responsible by law

• Immense

Which of the following is the definition of radiate?

• in a wishful way

• To occur again

• coolness

• Shine Brightly

Which of the following is a synonym for aloofness?

Book Example: "Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show.

• Mocking

• Coolness

• Stubborn

• Liable

True or False: Wisely is a synonym for sagely

• False

• True

Which of the following is a synonyms for elude?

Book Example: "I was trying to find the meaning the poet had, but it eluded me."

• Leery

• Avoid

• Subside

• Exploit