The Outsiders Vocabulary Chapters 11 & 12

What does the word 'idolized' mean?

• adored; worshipped; blindly admired

• legally responsible

• found not guilty

• change direction suddenly; swerved.

Fill in the blank: A 'hearing' is a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the ____.

• A) bill

• B) vacuum

• C) guardian

• D) vast

Who is a 'guardian'?

• a defender, protector, or keeper

• an empty space with no particles

• legally responsible

• found not guilty.

Fill in the blank: Someone who is 'liable' is ____ responsible.

• legally

• emotionally

• physically

• financially

What is a 'vacuum'?

• an empty space with no particles and no pressure

• a session at which a committee listens to testimony

• change direction suddenly

• found not guilty.

Fill in the blank: The word 'vast' means enormous, immense, or very ____.

• small

• large

• tiny

• narrow

What does 'veered' mean?

• change direction suddenly; swerved

• adored; worshipped

• legally responsible

• found not guilty.

Fill in the blank: If someone is 'acquitted', they are found not ____.

• guilty

• innocent

• liable

• responsible

Which word means 'legally responsible'?

• liable

• idolized

• veered

• vast

Fill in the blank: A 'guardian' is a defender, protector, or ____.

• keeper

• vacuum

• hearing

• idolized