wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

The Outsiders Practice Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "unfathomable" mean?

a)

Easy to understand

b)

Impossible to understand or comprehend fully

c)

Very funny

d)

Slightly confusing

2.

Which word means "unwilling or unable to believe something; skeptical"?

a)

Leery

b)

Incredulous

c)

Acquitted

d)

Clad

3.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the word "clad."

a)

She was clad in a warm winter coat.

b)

He was clad about the answer.

c)

The dog was clad away from the park.

d)

She was clad to believe the story.

4.

Which of the following is a synonym for "eluded"?

a)

Escaped

b)

Believed

c)

Covered

d)

Judged

5.

What does "doggedly" mean?

a)

With hesitation

b)

With stubborn determination; persistently

c)

With joy

d)

With fear

6.

Which word best fits this sentence? "She answered the question __________, showing she did not respect the teacher."

a)

Acquitted

b)

Contemptuously

c)

Stupor

d)

Clad

7.

If someone is "leery" of a situation, how do they feel?

a)

Excited

b)

Cautious or suspicious

c)

Confused

d)

Relieved

8.

Which word means "a state of near-unconsciousness, numbness, or insensibility"?

a)

Stupor

b)

Liable

c)

Eluded

d)

Clad

9.

What does it mean if someone is "acquitted" in court?

a)

Found guilty

b)

Declared not guilty

c)

Sentenced to jail

d)

Given a warning

10.

Which of the following is a synonym for "liable"?

a)

Responsible

b)

Unconscious

c)

Skeptical

d)

Disrespectful

11.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the word "incredulous."

a)

He was incredulous of the magician's trick.

b)

She incredulous the answer.

c)

The incredulous was very warm.

d)

He incredulously escaped.

12.

Which word best completes the sentence? "After running the marathon, he collapsed in a __________."

a)

Stupor

b)

Clad

c)

Eluded

d)

Liable

13.

Which of the following is a synonym for "contemptuously"?

a)

Respectfully

b)

Scornfully

c)

Carefully

d)

Joyfully

14.

If someone "eluded" the police, what did they do?

a)

Helped the police

b)

Escaped from the police

c)

Joined the police

d)

Reported a crime

15.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the word "liable."

a)

She is liable to catch a cold if she goes out in the rain.

b)

He is liable in a warm coat.

c)

The dog is liable in a stupor.

d)

They are liable contemptuously.