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The Outsiders Vocabulary Quiz Ch. 1-4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Definition: frown in an angry or bad-tempered way.

a)

winced

b)

scowled

c)

waved

d)

ornery

2.

Definition: in a playfully mischievous manner.

a)

winced

b)

unfathomable

c)

roguishly

d)

gallantly

3.

Definition: the state of being uninterested.

a)

ornery

b)

aloofness

c)

defiance

d)

reckless

4.

Definition: (a)   is a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.

Choose from the below words
confusion
boredom
defiance
intolerance
5.

Definition: Without respect; in a disdainful manner.

a)

defiance

b)

contemptuously

c)

incredulous

d)

unceasingly

6.

Definition: Without stopping.

a)

incessantly

b)

incredulous

c)

unnaturally

d)

unceasingly

7.

Definition: Say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation: (a)   .

Choose from the below words
muttered
scowled
stammered
scatterbrained
8.

Definition: (a)   : Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Choose from the below words
unfathomable
reformatory
apprehensive
incredulous
9.

Definition: An institution to which youthful offenders are sent as an alternative to prison; a reform school.

a)

reformatory

b)

apprehensive

c)

distributive

d)

integrative

10.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: to cry loudly.

a)

scowled

b)

quivering

c)

winced

d)

bawl

11.

Match the following words with their definitions:

a)

reckless

1.

Acting without thinking about the consequences

b)

aloofness

2.

A state of being distant, remote, or withdrawn

c)

defiance

3.

Open resistance; bold disobedience

d)

disgrace

4.

Loss of respect, honor, or esteem; shame

12.

(a)   best matches the definition: Cleverness; slyness.

Choose from the below words
evasive
cunning
incredulous
ornery
13.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: shaking.

a)

cunning

b)

quivering

c)

vexing

d)

muttered

14.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: careless; without caution.

a)

reckless

b)

cunning

c)

incredulous

d)

aloofness

15.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: unwilling or unable to believe something.

a)

incredulous

b)

unfathomable

c)

cunning

d)

incredible

16.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: bravely.

a)

defiance

b)

ornery

c)

aloofness

d)

gallantly

17.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.

a)

bawl

b)

ornery

c)

winced

d)

scowled

18.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: difficult or impossible to understand.

a)

innate

b)

unfathomable

c)

incredulous

d)

apprehensive

19.

Choose the word that best matches the definition: "incapable of serious, connected thought."

a)

scatterbrained

b)

lamebrained

c)

muttered

d)

peabrained

20.

Match the following words with their definitions:

a)

roguishly

1.

Playfully mischievous

b)

cunning

2.

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

c)

scowled

3.

Frown in an angry or bad-tempered way

d)

ornery

4.

Bad-tempered, stubborn, combative