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10 Cards in this Set
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Idolized
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Verb
Adored; worshipped; blindly admired Johnny was the pet of the gang, and everyone idolized him except his parents. |
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Hearing
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Noun
An appearance in front of the judge before a trial. At Pony's hearing everyone thought he should be innocent exept the socs. |
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Guardian
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Noun
Protector; one who watches over another. Since Darry is the guardian of Pony and Soda, the need to obey him. |
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Liable
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Adjective
Likely It was liable that Dally would get shot because he pulled out a gun even though everyone knew it was not loaded exept the police. |
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Flinching
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Verb
Withdrawing or shrinking from. Darry was the strongest of the gang and always liked to see his enemies flinching before him. |
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Aquitted
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Verb
Set free after evidence has been considered. Dally was the trouble-maker of the gang, and always got arrested, but sometimes aquitted. |
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Vacuum
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Noun
State of emptiness; void. Pony was in a vacuum after Johnny died. |
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Veered
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Verb
Shifted from one direction to another. Dally veered left to right while he was running from the cops. |
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Welled
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Verb
Gushed. Two-Bit was the toughest of the gang, and didn't cry when blood welled out of his leg. |
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Vast
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Adjective
Big, spacious, endless. Pony and Johnny rode through vast stretches of land when they were on the train, and they were tired at the end of the train ride exept Pony. |
