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The Outsiders - vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness

a)

mortal

b)

groggy

c)

ornery

d)

tangle

2.

causing or liable to cause death; fatal

a)

mortal

b)

groggy

c)

ornery

d)

remark

3.

say something as a comment; mention

a)

groggy

b)

ornery

c)

tangle

d)

remark

4.

twist together into a confused mass

a)

ornery

b)

tangle

c)

remark

d)

groggy

5.

bad-tempered and combative; stubborn

a)

ornery

b)

tangle

c)

groggy

d)

mortal

6.

pull or drag with effort or force

a)

hauled

b)

scowled

c)

vital

d)

remark

7.

having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion

a)

cowlick

b)

cunning

c)

eluded

d)

premonition

8.

frowned in an angry or bad-tempered way

a)

scowled

b)

hauled

c)

tangled

d)

vital

9.

in a casually calm and relaxed matter

a)

contemptuously

b)

imploringly

c)

nonchalantly

d)

unfathomable

10.

incapable of serious or organized thought

a)

elite

b)

scatterbrained

c)

delirious

d)

winced

11.

Vital means absolutely necessary or important; essential.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Liable means responsible by law; legally answerable.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Winced means in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Contemptuously means without respect; in a disdainful manner.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Superiority means the state of being superior.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Wince

a)

Give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress

b)

In a pleading, begging manner

c)

Twist together into a confused mass

d)

In an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech

17.

premonition

a)

a wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction

b)

a pleading, begging manner

c)

a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant

d)

causing or liable to cause death; fatal

18.

imploringly

a)

a wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction

b)

in a pleading, begging manner

c)

bad-tempered and combative; stubborn

d)

frowning in an angry or bad-tempered way

19.

elite

a)

a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant

b)

a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress

c)

a select part of a group that is superior to the rest in terms of abilities or qualities

d)

dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness

20.

hysterics

a)

a wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction

b)

a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant

c)

bad-tempered and combative; stubborn

d)

dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness