Vocab - List 1
Vocab - List 2
Figurative Language
Vocab - List 1
Vocab - List 2
100
done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise
What is hastily?
100
to talk loudly in an angry or wild way
What is rave?
100
Johnny worshiped the ground Dallas walked on.
What is an idiom? Bonus 100 pts. - What does this actually mean?
100
deceitful; mischievous
What is roguishly?
100
shocked or upset
What is aghast?
200
seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent, not caring
What is nonchalantly?
200
to produce sound in an unsteady way especially because you are afraid or nervous
What is quavered?
200
Soda had this buckskin horse, only it wasn't his. It belonged to a guy who kept it at the stables where Soda worked.
What is flashback?
200
to move or start involuntarily as in pain or distress, flinch
What is winced?
200
afraid that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
What is apprehensive?
300
rule or standard of good behavior
What is principle?
300
bravely; spirited; noble-minded
What is gallantly?
300
After talking to Ponyboy, Cherry knew she had sized him up right.
What is an idiom? Bonus 100 pts. - What does this really mean?
300
to wrap or pad in order to deaden the sound
What is muffled?
300
having or showing a lot of experience and knowledge about the world
What is sophisticated?
400
skeptical, disbelieving
What is incredulous?
400
a refusal to obey something or someone
What is defiance?
400
I had remembered that it was a blue mustang that had pulled beside the vacant lot and that Johnny's face had been cut up by someone wearing rings.....
What is flashback?
400
not thinking or clearly expressed
What is vaguely?
400
a feeling that something is going to happen when there is no definite reason to believe it will
What is premonition?
500
to get someone to do something by fraud or force
What is shanghaiing?
500
the state of being very confused
What is bewilderment?
500
I was smoking a lot more there than I usually did - I guess because it was something to do - although Johnny warned that that I would get sick smoking so much. We were careful with our cigarettes - if that old church catches on fire there's no stopping it.
What is foreshadowing?
500
not occupied or put to use: empty
What is vacant?
500
never stopping
What is unceasingly?