Synonyms
Synonym for beg
What is implore?
Antonym for inferior
What is elite?
I held the valuable and fragile figurine _________ to avoid breaking it.
What is gingerly?
These are 3 of the four things that Dally provides Johnny/Pony with after Johnny kills Bob.
What are a gun, $50, a jacket, and a plan? (any 3)
"So I stood there like a bump on a log while [the Socs] surrounded me" (4).
What is a simile?
This is the Greek name for the god of war. His Roman name is Mars.
What is Ares?
This root means not or in.
What is in/im?
Synonym for yearning
What is wistful?
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?
This is the only thing Dally does honestly.
What is racing horses?
What is hyperbole?
These are the two colors that compose the United Nations flag.
What are blue and white?
This root means out or away.
What is e/ex?
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?
This greaser never "touches a drop" of alcohol.
Who is Sodapop?
"...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?
This country has the most islands. (One of the following: Canada, Croatia, Indonesia, Sweden, or United States)
What is Sweden?
This root means faith.
What is fid?
Synonym for conversation
What is tête-à-tête?
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 the mountain in Windrixville on which the church is located where Pony and Johnny hide out.
What is Jay Mountain?
"[The Socs] walked around slowly, silently, smiling" (4).
What is alliteration?
This planet has a day that is longer than its year.
What is Venus?
This root means white.
What is blanc?
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 Two-Bit Matthews' real first name.
Who is Keith?
"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 country contains the Spanish Steps, a popular tourist attraction.
What is Italy?
This root means day.
What is diem?
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?
This is the name of the greaser gang leader whom Dally slashed the tires of and who is now seeking Dally.
Who is Tim Shepard?
"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?
This popular company was originally called Cadabra.
What is Amazon?
This root means paper.
What is charta?
Synonym for permission
What is carte blanche?
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
This is the type of gas station that Sodapop works at.
What is a DX?
"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 is the name for a group of frogs.
What is an army?
This root means conquer.
What is vinc/vict?