Outsiders Vocab CH1-4
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- lone
- (adj) companionless; solitary (loan/lone)
- gallantly
- in a gallant manner
- exasperate
- make worse
- bickering
- a quarrel about petty points
- clammy
- unpleasantly cool and humid
- bicker
- a quarrel about petty points
- grimace
- a contorted facial expression
- static
- angry criticism
- innocent
- a person who lacks knowledge of evil
- conformity
- acting according to certain accepted standards
- contempt
- a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- vital
- manifesting or characteristic of life
- divert
- send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
- passionately
- in a stormy or violent manner
- abiding
- unceasing
- reeling
- staggering or swaying
- aloofness
- a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
- asset
- a useful or valuable quality
- subside
- wear off or die down
- winced
- to flinch;to shrink back or start aside,as from a blow or pain
- dazed
- in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
- gingerly
- with extreme care or delicacy
- fiery
- like or suggestive of fire
- acrobatics
- the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
- elite
- a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
- threadbare
- repeated too often
- grudge
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- annoyed
- aroused to impatience or anger
- apprehensive
- in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
- realization
- something that is made real or concrete
- ornery
- having a difficult and contrary disposition
- contemplated
- ponderd
- awed
- inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
- dumbfounded
- as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
- Contemptuous
- expressing extreme contempt
- incredulous
- not disposed or willing to believe
- superiority
- the quality of being superior
- resignedly
- in a hopeless resigned manner
- roguishly
- in a playfully roguish manner
- bewildered
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
- frustration
- an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
- menacing
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- buckskin
- horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
- sullen
- darkened by clouds
- stupor
- marginal consciousness
- bluff
- the act of bluffing in poker
- amplifier
- electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
- dumb-struck
- so shocked that one can't speak
- defensively
- in a defensive manner
- incredulous
- not disposed or willing to believe
- adhere
- stick to firmly
- vague
- not clearly understood or expressed
- wistful
- showing pensive sadness
- bleak
- offering little or no hope
- underprivileged
- lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society
- impersonally
- in an impersonal manner
- wince
- a reflex response to sudden pain
- stalked
- having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
- stifle
- joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped
- mock
- constituting a copy or imitation of something
- embarrass
- cause to be embarrassed
- stunned
- in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
- clenching
- closing tightly together
- reckless
- marked by unthinking boldness
- mimic
- someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
- miniature
- copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size
- deliquent
- someone who fails to follow rules
- reputation
- the general estimation that the public has for a person
- defiance
- a defiant act
- eluded
- slipped away from; avoided cap[ture; escaped
- vulnerable
- susceptible to physical or emotional injury
- hesitation
- the act of pausing uncertainly
- nonchalantly
- in an unconcerned manner
- ruefully
- in a rueful manner
- conformity
- acting according to certain accepted standards
- agony
- intense feelings of suffering
- veer
- shift to a clockwise direction
- reformatory
- correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
- superiority
- the quality of being superior