The Outsiders Vocabulary

a strong feeling of anger or dislike

• wince

• aloof

• grudge

• quivering

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

When she was not chosen for the basketball team, Bethany developed a(n) __________ against the coach.

• grudge
• glint
• quest
• mutiny

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Unwilling or unable to believe

• vaguely

• ornery

• incredulous

• grudge

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

They expect us to dance to this horrible rhythm, Amari thought ______.

• retaliation
• ominous
• incredulously
• sullen

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

altered by education, experience so as to be worldly-wise; pleasing or satisfactory; complex or intricate

• palpitate

• hastily

• sophisticated

• aloof

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

She was a ________ and well-traveled woman.

• Wince
• Pitiful
• Sophisticated
• Authentic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

not friendly, distant

• unfathomable

• wince

• ornery

• aloof

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Even after six weeks, the new student continued to stay ________________________ from all others in the class; as a result, she did not have a date for the upcoming dance.

• precise

• subtle

• exotic

• aloof

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a strong feeling, without rational basis, that a particular thing is going to happen

• premonition

• finality

• imploringly

• aloofness

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Before the accident, Mike mentioned he had a _________________ that something bad was going to happen.

• antecedent

• anterior

• premonition

• pretentious

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4