practice vocab

How would you describe this person's posture? 

• incredulous
• gallant
• slouching
• reluctantly

When Ponyboy and Johnny are hiding in the church, they ________________ when they begin to talk about their lives.

• bawl

• ruefully

• premonition

• keeled

What word describes the shirt?

• delirious

• premonition

• madras

• severe

A slang word for a gang fight is a

• lump-it

• kicks

• weed

• rumble

The opposite of promising

• bleak

• ruefully

• keeled

• delirious

"He like fights, blondes, and for some ____ reason, school."

• unfathomable
• ornery
• sullen
• gallant

Johnny's parents were easily angered, or ____________ and beat him badly.

• delinquent

• aloof

• savvy

• ornery

unwilling to believe

• aversion

• serene

• incredulous

• trepidation

impossible to come to understand

• rueful

• transfix

• unfathomable

• serene

What does the term 'winced' mean?

• Someone who lives alone and avoids human companionship

• Strong feeling that something is about to happen

• Not ceasing or stopping; continuous

• Shrunk back or flinched from pain