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WorksheetsOutsiders Chapters 1-6 Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Definition: a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality
Synonyms: benefit, advantage, blessing, good point, strong point, strength
Vocabulary word:
Marked lousy
Loping
Asset
Madras
In a sentence: ""she ran with an easy, ______ gait," "he covers a lot of ground with his ________ strides"
Synonyms: gallop, bound, canter, trot, run
Antonyms: lumbering, trodding, trudging
Vocabulary word:
Loping
Unfathomable
Slouched
Savvy
The definition of madras is:
Stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way
Shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments
A lock of hair that grows in a direction different from the rest and that resists being combed flat
A strong, fine-textured cotton fabric, typically patterned with colorful stripes or checks
Choose the sentence where the word unfathomable is best used:
"A little sprig of an unfathomable stood up on the back of her head"
"Her gray eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion"
"These young soldiers fought unfathomable for their nation"
"The unfathomable can go unnoticed for many days before smoke starts to be seen"
All three of these definitions apply to the following Vocabulary word:
1. shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments
2. shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgment
3. know or understand
Savvy
Madras
Cowlick
Stereotype
Definition: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
In a sentence: "Your sister's mean, she has __________ against people from different backgrounds"
Vocabulary word:
Vaguely
Prejudice
Stalked
Gallantly
The definition of a stereotype is:
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
Pursue or approach stealthily
In a way that is uncertain, indefinite or unclear; roughly
In a brave or heroic manner
Here are some synonyms for the following Vocabulary word:
disbelieving, unbelieving, doubtful, dubious, unconvinced, distrustful, distrusting, mistrustful, mistrusting
Slouched
Loping
Savvy
Incredulous
Vocabulary word in a sentence: "He asked her out on a date and her response wasn't great - he winced at the disgust in her voice"
Definition:
Bad-tempered and combative
Give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress
In a way that expresses sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous manner
An institution to which youthful offenders are sent as an alternative to prison; a reform school
In a sentence: "He crept up on his friends like a cat _________ a mouse."
Synonyms: creep up on, trail, follow, shadow, track down, go after, be after
Vocabulary word:
Stalked
Winced
Ornery
Aloofness
Some synonyms for ornery are:
Grimace, pull a face, flinch, blench, start, draw back, shrink away
Detachment, indifference, unconcern, blankness, deadness, emptiness
Burn slowly, smoke, glow, reek
Grouchy, grumpy, cranky, crotchety, cantankerous, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
If the definition of aloof is: removed or distant either physically or emotionally; at a distance
The sentences that best uses aloofness is:
"These young soldiers fought aloofness for their nation"
"Some hogs are just mean and aloofness"
"He treated her with aloofness like he didn't care about her"
"A little sprig of aloofness stood up on the back of her head"
Definition: the process of burning slowly with smoke but no flame; burn slowly with smoke but no flame
Vocabulary word:
Resignedly
Buckskin
Ornery
Smoldering
Synonyms for the following Vocabulary word are:
foreboding, presentiment, intuition, feeling, hunch, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, feeling in one's bones
Premonition
Ruefully
Reluctantly
Fiend
The best definition for the Vocabulary word bewildering is:
A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant
Confusing or perplexing; difficult to understand, puzzling, mystifying
In an unwilling and hesitant way
An evil spirit or demon
Definition: feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment
In a sentence: " When the cops questioned him, he was ________ at being the object of suspicion".
Vocabulary word:
Testify
Gallantly
Indignant
Ruefully
These are synonyms for the following Vocabulary word:
give evidence, bear witness, be a witness, make a deposition, swear, state on oath, declare, assert
Keeled
Indignant
Conviction
Testify
Definition: (of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize
Synonyms: turn upside down, turn topsy-turvy, heel over, lean over, topple over
Vocabulary word:
Keeled
Hysterics
Testify
Fiend
The best definition for the word conviction is:
A wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction
A formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment
Give evidence as a witness in a law court
In a sentence: "Ponyboy is so worried that his family could be split up and he could be sent to a reformatory"
Vocabulary word definition:
An institution to which youthful offenders are sent as an alternative to prison; a reform school
A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment
Feeling or showing acceptance that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen or cannot be changed
