1. The Outsiders Vocabulary

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Disgrace
Aloofness
Incredulous
To bring shame to
Removed; distant in interest or feeling
Skeptical
Inability to believe something

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Roguishly
Ornery
Scatterbrained
Playing mischievously
Having an irritable disposition
A silly, careless person

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Unfathomable
Gallantly
Cunning
Impossible to understand
Polite and attentive to women
Crafty, sly, deceptive

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Bleak
Ligament
Nonchalantly
Dreary, cheerless
A tough band of tissue that holds bones together
Having a confident and easy manner

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Hastily
Merrily
Vaguely
Done in a hurry; fast and often not thorough
Full of good humor
Not clearly expressed

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Reeling
Contemptuously
Finality
To pull in
Expressing disdain
Scornfully
The idea of being final

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Premonition
Keeled
Apprehensive
A forewarning
A feeling of anxiety over a future event
To turn a ship or boat over
Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

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Unceasingly
Quavered
Ruefully
Continuous
Trembling
Regretfully
Expressing sorrow or pity

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Groggy
Imploringly
Eluded
Dazed or weakened from lack of sleep
Begging urgently
Escaped understanding

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Shuddered
Bewildered
Bewilderment
Plantations
To tremble with fear
A state of confusion or disorientation
A group of plants (trees)

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Indignant
Sullenly
Fiend
Insulting
Expressing strong displeasure at something unjust
Show irritation
A cruel person

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Reluctantly
Extent
Gorged
Unwillingly
The range which something extends
To eat greedily

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Doggedly
Conviction
Clobbered
Stubbornly
Firm belief
To hit with force

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Towheaded
Beefed
Testify
So blond that the hair appears almost white
To add power or strength to
To make a statement on personal knowledge or belief

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Gagged
Jolt
Staggered
To prevent from speaking or crying out
To move jerkily
To move unsteadily from side to side

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radiates
exploits
aghast
shines
a brave or daring act
struck with terror or amazement

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scarred
menace
juvenile delinquent
to do lasting injury to someone
someone who represents a threat
a young person in violation of the law

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gripe
manslaughter
slick
to irritate
the unlawful killing of a person without the intent to do so
to make smoothe

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abruptly
genuine
divert
suddenly
sincere; honest
to turn the attention away from

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traitor
reluctantly
conformity
someone who betrays another’s trust
showing doubt or unwillingness
to act in agreement

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leery
grimacing
savvy
suspicious
twisting of the face as if disgusted
to understand

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smoldering
contracted
editorial
to burn slowly with smoke; usually without a flame
to squeeze together as if to make smaller
an article in a newspaper that expresses the opinion of the writer

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agony
spruced up
whirling
extreme, prolonged pain
dressed neatly or smart
to turn around or spin rapidly

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warily
very cautious