The Outsiders Vocabulary

What is a palomino?

• a golden horse

• a golden eagle

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What is a cowlick?

• a treat for a cow

• the way a cow licks something

• a tuft of hair in a different direction from the rest

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To keel over is to...

• cause the death of someone

• overturn or capsize

• throw up

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What does it mean to be shanghaied?

• to kidnap or trick someone into working for you

• to karate chop someone

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What is bootlegging?

• selling something illegally or without permission

• wearing long boots to cover your entire leg

• leggings that have boots on them

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Something performed with agility and ease

• clunkiness

• acrobatics

• disdain

• difficult

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Playfully mischievous

• roguishly

• foolish

• naughty

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naughty- disobedient

foolish- unwise

An amplifier is...

• a device that makes objects in space larger

• electronic equipment that increases strength of signals

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Someone who is ornery is...

• stubborn and unpleasant

• nice and happy

• committing crimes

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Inhalation is...

• to blow air out

• to draw in air

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