Ch. 1-4 Vocabulary Days 1&2 (The Outsiders)

Using context clues, what does the word "rivalry" mean in the excerpt below?

“Oh, there are a few named gangs around, like the River Kings and the Tiber Street Tigers, but here in the Southwest there's no gang rivalry.”

• Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.

• Difficult or impossible to understand.

• Harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule.

• Obeying

Using context clues, what does the word "unfathomable" mean in the excerpt below?

“He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school.”

• Harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule.

• Difficult or impossible to understand.

• Copying the behavior of another person.

• In a casually calm and relaxed manner.

Using context clues, what does the word "sarcasm" mean in the excerpt below?

"'Sure,' I said, trying for Soda's sake to keep the sarcasm out of my voice."

• Harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule.

• Uninterested or distant

• In a casually calm and relaxed manner.

• Obeying

Using context clues, what does the word "law-abiding" mean in the excerpt below?

“And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade."

• Obeying

• Superior in status

• Anxious or fearful; uneasy

• Uninterested or distant

Using context clues, what does the word "imitations" mean in the excerpt below?

"He was good at voice imitations and had sounded for all the world like a snarling Soc.”

• Copying the behavior of another person.

• Speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions.

• A feeling that something is about to occur.

• Open, bold resistance to authority.

Using context clues, what does the word "nonchalantly" mean in the excerpt below?

“'Okay,' I said nonchalantly, 'might as well.”

• In a casually calm and relaxed manner.

• Superior in status

• Open, bold resistance to authority.

• A feeling that something is about to occur.

Using context clues, what does the word "aloofness" mean in the excerpt below?

“Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through.”

• Uninterested or distant

• Speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions.

• Anxious or fearful; uneasy

• A feeling that something is about to occur.

Using context clues, what does the word "stammered" mean in the excerpt below?

“It sounded dumb, even to me, when I stammered, “I…I went to sleep in the lot…”

• Speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions.

• Harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule.

• Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.

• Copying the behavior of another person.

Using context clues, what does the word "elite" mean in the excerpt below?

“'And.' Two-Bit added grimly, 'a few others of the socially elite checkered-shirt set.'”

• Superior in status

• Open, bold resistance to authority.

• A feeling that something is about to occur.

• Anxious or fearful; uneasy

Using context clues, what does the word "apprehensive" mean in the excerpt below?

“He was pretty well crocked, which made me apprehensive.”

• Anxious or fearful; uneasy

• Open, bold resistance to authority.

• A feeling that something is about to occur.

• Speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions.