Synonyms
Synonym for confused
What is bewildered?
Antonym for inferior
What is elite?
I held the valuable and fragile figurine _________ to avoid breaking it.
What is gingerly?
This greaser is always laughing and telling jokes.
Who is Two-Bit?
"So I stood there like a bump on a log while [the Socs] surrounded me" (4).
What is a simile?
This country has won the most World Cups.
What is Brazil?
Synonym for beg
What is implore?
Antonym for confident
What is apprehensive?
The __________ officer rushed into action, risking his own life, to save the woman from a mugger.
What is gallant?
Pony bonds with this Soc over their shared love of sunsets.
Who is Cherry?
What is hyperbole?
This ocean contains the deepest point on Earth (the Mariana Trench).
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Synonym for casual
What is nonchalant?
Antonym for energetically
What is wearily?
After a black cat crossed his path, Jack had a ___________ that something bad would happen.
What is premonition?
Johnny was jumped this many months before the story starts.
What is 4 months?
"...that kid Pip [from Great Expectations], he reminded me of us - the way he felt marked lousy because he wasn't a gentleman or anything, and the way that girl kept looking down on him" (15).
What is allusion?
AuctionWeb was the original name for this company.
What is eBay?
Synonym for belief
What is conviction?
Antonym for happy
What is sullen?
While trying to _________ capture by the police, the criminal stole a car.
What is elude?
This is the name of "Sodapop's horse."
What is Mickey Mouse?
"[The Socs] walked around slowly, silently, smiling" (4).
What is alliteration?
This was the first Disney princess.
Who is Snow White?
Synonym for distant
Antonym for distinctiveness or unlikeness
What is conformity?
Roland developed superior social skills by following the __________ advice given by Carnegie in his classic text, How to Win Friends and Influence People.
What is sage?
This is the state that the novel is set in.
What is Oklahoma?
"I could smell English Leather shaving lotion and stale tobacco, and I wondered foolishly if I would suffocate before they did anything" (5).
What is imagery?
This is the detective made famous by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Synonym for shrewd or deceitful
What is cunning?
Antonym for rudimentary or easy
What is unfathomable?
The students were __________ when the superintendent declared a second snow day; they couldn't believe they could enjoy another day of sledding and drinking hot chocolate.
What is incredulous?
Ponyboy pulled out his switchblade in biology class while dissecting this animal.
What is a worm?
"Soda isn't afraid of [Darry] like everyone else and enjoys teasing him. I'd just as soon tease a full-grown grizzly; but for some reason, Darry seems to like being teased by Soda" (9).
What is hyperbole?
In Iceland, roads are reshaped in order to not disturb these mythical creatures.
What are elves?
Synonym for yearning
What is wistful?
Antonym for doubt
What is conviction?
Nervous to be on stage, she heard her voice start to ___________; however, she quickly steadied her nerves and her voice soon followed.
What is quaver
The Socs who jump Ponyboy in the first chapter of the novel (when he is rescued by his gang) are driving this type of car.
What is a Corvair?
"You couldn't shut up that guy; he always had to get his two-bits worth in. Hence his name" (10).
What is an idiom?
This common symbol is the only new addition to Morse Code since World War II.
What is the @ symbol?