 |
Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
 |
|
The Outsiders Vocabulary/Test2011
Review of vocabulary test, The Outsiders.
|
| A | B |
|---|
| absent-mindedly | do something without thinking |
| aimlessly | without a thought |
| aghast | stricken with horror, appalled |
| aloof, aloofness | distant, reserved, not showing emotion |
| amplifier | devise to increase sound |
| apprehension | uneasy, anxious |
| bleak | somber and depressing |
| charitable, charitably | generous |
| contemptuous, contemptuously | bitter, scornful |
| conviction | belief |
| delinquent | young person that is in trouble |
| delirious | temporary, mental disturbance |
| elite | skilled |
| gallant | courageous, polite |
| incredulous, incredulously | skeptical, disbelieving |
| indignant, indignantly | feeling anger |
| leery | wary, distrustful |
| menace | threat |
| nonchalant | unconcerned |
| premonition | a forewarning |
| reckless | careless |
| rogue, roguish | deceitful |
| rumble | fight |
| siege | surrounding of a town in order to capture |
| stocky | short and thick |
| sullen, sullenly | resentful, somber, gloomy |
| veered | changed directions |
| bootlegging | selling something illegally |
| reformatory | jail for delinquents |
| editorial | an opinion in newspaper |
| fuzz | police |
| heater | gun |
| dig | understand |
| tuff | cool |
| asset | positive, important |
| bewilderedly | confused, overwhelming |
| cooler | jail |
| defiantly | against authority |
| doggedly | stubborn |
| dumbfounded | astounded |
| elude | refer to |
| gingerly | carefully |
| gleefully | happily, with joy |
| grimly | harshly ironic, sinister |
| guardian | like a parent |
| hesitation | stop, question, pause |
| quivering | shaking |
| sagely | wisely |
| sheepishly | embarrassed by an admitted mistake |
| territory | area of land |
| vaguely | unclearly |
| wistfully | longing, sadly |
| defiantly | stubbornly |
|
|
| |
