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The Outsiders Vocab Chapters 1-3
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unfathomable (adj.) Impossible to understand; incomprehensible “He liked fights, blonds, and for some unfathomable reason, school” (10).
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fiery (adj.) Very angry or hot (tempered) “Fiery, huh? Well, that’s the way I like ‘em” (24).
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nonchalant (adj.) Very casually; acting as if you don’t care “Y’all sit up here with us. You can protect us.”... “Okay,” I said nonchalantly, “might as well.”
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gallant (adj.) Considerate (esp. to women); chivalrous and gentlemanly “Two-Bit gallantly offered to walk [Cherry and Marcia] home—the west side of town was only about twenty miles away” (37).
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ornery (adj.) Bad-tempered and combative; grumpy; cantankerous “When I was ten I thought that Mickey Mouse and Soda looked alike and were alike. Mickey Mouse was a dark- gold buckskin, sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt” (39).
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bleak (adj.) Dreary; cheerless “It’s the truth,” Johnny said with a bleak grin. “I don’t care” (46).
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