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The Outsiders vocabulary. Chelsea D efoor March 29,2013 Block 2 ELA. Asset. a useful and desirable thing or quality Synonym: benefit ,attraction ,service ,blessing. Antonym: burden disadvantage, drawback, nuisance. My phone is the most asset to me. Sensitive.
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The Outsiders vocabulary Chelsea Defoor March 29,2013 Block 2 ELA
Asset • ausefulanddesirablethingorquality • Synonym: benefit ,attraction ,service ,blessing. • Antonym: burden disadvantage, drawback, nuisance. • My phone is the most asset to me.
Sensitive • readilyorexcessivelyaffectedbyexternalagencies or influences,havingacutementaloremotionalsensibility;awareofandresponsivetothefeelingsofothers also easily pained, annoyed. • Synonym: Soft, crying, caring. • Antonym: rough, cold, mean. • I’am a very sensitive person when it comes to best friends and family.
Sagely • aprofoundlywiseperson;apersonfamed for wisdom. someoneveneratedforthepossession of wisdom, judgment,andexperience. • Synonym: philosopher, sagacious • Antonym: fool • My mother is a sagely person.
Sarcasm • harshorbitterderisionor irony,asharplyironicaltaunt;sneeringorcuttingremark. • Synonym: mean, rude, jeer • Antonym: kind, nice • I use sarcasm to answer unreasonable questions.
Scowled • to draw downorcontractthebrowsinasullen,displeased, or angrymanner. to have a gloomy or threatening look. • Synonym: frown, glare, stare • Antonym: grin, smile • I scowled at my friend for eating my food.
Stalked • an act orcourse of stalkingquarry, prey, or the like.tofollow or approach • synonym: followed, watched • Antonym: lead, proceed • I stalked my mom in the store.