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The Outsiders Vocabulary

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Not able to be understood

a)

Elite

b)

Ornery

c)

Gallant

d)

Unfathomable

2.

Grumpy, grouchy, stubborn

a)

Ornery

b)

Gallant

c)

Incredulous

d)

Unfathomable

3.

What is the definition of an asset?

a)

An advantage or source of strength

b)

Something that works against you.

c)

Someone who is careful.

d)

Someone who is rich.

4.

Which spelling is correct?

a)

Unfathomable

b)

Unfatomable

c)

Unfathomible

d)

Unfathamble

5.

What is the definition of a rivalry?

a)

A fist fight between two people.

b)

A continued striving for advantage over another.

c)

A group of people who work together to achieve a goal.

d)

People who are best friends.

6.

to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy

a)

imploringly

b)

aloofness

c)

contemptuously

d)

hysterics

7.

a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

a)

aloofness

b)

contemptuously

c)

smoldering

d)

hysterics

8.

without respect; in a disdainful manner

a)

contemptuously

b)

smoldering

c)

hysterics

d)

pansy

9.
(n) Impossible to understand; too deep to measure.
a)
Unfathomable
b)
Heretic
c)
Peripheral
d)
Sullen
10.
in a begging manner
a)
tufts
b)
outcast
c)
imploringly
d)
transplanted
11.
a weakling, one who is not tough
a)
brawn
b)
pansy
c)
groggy
d)
outcast
12.

I looked at Johnny _________. Johnny sighed. "I'm gonna cut mine too...."

a)

Trademark

b)

Griped

c)

Aghast

d)

Imploringly

13.

"My parents," Johnny repeated __________, "did they ask about me?"

a)

Imploringly

b)

Absent-mindedly

c)

Doggedly

d)

Plasma

14.
My dog, Max, looked at me __________________ until I gave him food from my dinner plate.  
a)
imploringly 
b)
doggedly 
c)
eluded
d)
sullenly
15.
The losing team walked ______________ off the field after losing to their rivals in the championship.
a)
sullenly
b)
indignant
c)
doggedly
d)
imploringly 
16.
The name of the state capital ______________ me, so I was was unable to answer that question on the test.  
a)
eluded
b)
jolt
c)
vital
d)
doggedly
17.
Peanut butter is a ______________ ingredient in the recipe for peanut butter cookies.
a)
vital
b)
indignant
c)
sullenly 
d)
jolt
18.

Color, especially a tint or shade.

a)

hue

b)

conviction

19.

Eluded

a)

desperate

b)

To evade or escape

c)

tired

20.

indignant

a)

hesitant

b)

confused

c)

showing anger

21.

Not capable of being understood or grasped.

a)

abiding

b)

unfathomable

22.

give surprise or shock to (someone) in order to make them act or change

a)

vital

b)

joke

c)

eluded

d)

jolt

23.
gloomily, somber 
a)
nonchalantly 
b)
unceasingly 
c)
winced 
d)
sullenly 
24.
We hope that the new stores opening downtown will help ______________ the economy back to life.
a)
jolt
b)
vital 
c)
sullenly 
d)
eluded
25.
Which word means: 
"an idea or fact that fails to be grasped or remembered" 
a)
eluded
b)
indignant 
c)
imploringly 
d)
sullenly 
26.

Although the Socs were often a public disgrace, they were still considered an ____________ to society.

a)

asset

b)

unfathomable

c)

incredulous

d)

erroneous

27.

The cold, wet dog was ___________in the night.

a)

quivering

b)

gingerly

c)

scowling

d)

milling

28.

It is ________ that a nice kid like Ponyboy could get into so much trouble.

a)

unfathomable

b)

incredulous

c)

unceasing

d)

premonition

29.

Everyone was asleep, so I entered the house _______ as to not wake them.

a)

gingerly

b)

quivering

c)

unceasingly

d)

gallantly

30.

To avoid or escape, while being sneaky

a)

brawn

b)

brains

c)

eluded

31.

important, necessary

a)

vital

b)

jolt

c)

imploringly

32.

Angry or annoyed at the unfairness of somebody or something

a)

Indignant

b)

Groggy

c)

Reluctantly

33.

To escape; throw off

a)

groggy

b)

reluctantly

c)

eluded