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17 Cards in this Set
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rumble
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to engage in a gang fight
mrs. wolff almost started a rumble when cameron tried to trip her with a pencil |
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mugged
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attacked with intent to rob
dally has mugged several people from the socs side of town |
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lynx
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a wildcat with thick soft fur, a short tail, and tufted ears.
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bawling
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crying or sobbing loudly
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reckless
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without care for consequences or danger
someone was cheating on mrs. wolffs test and thant was certainly reckless |
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vacant
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empty unoccupied
when you dont sudy youre head becomes vacant |
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stocky
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solidly built sturdy or chuby
sumos are very stocky |
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asset
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an advantage or source of strength
news paper editorials sometimes portrayed the socs as an seet to society and at other times a disgrace |
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unfathomable
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not capably of being understood or grasped
along with fights and blondes two-bit liked school for some reason |
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rivalry
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a continued striving for advantages over another
there were other gangs in ponys part of town but there was no gang rivalry in the southwest |
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gingerly
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cautiously carefully
ponyboy rubbed his cheek gingerly where the soc had hit him |
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sagely
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wisely knowingly
steve commented sagely when you asked him about cars they were his specialty |
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rougishley
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in a mischevious way
dallas grinned rougishly when he provoked the girls to anger by talking dirty |
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incredulous
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not ready to believe doubting
cherry gave dallas an incredulous look when he had the nerve to boldly sit beside her |
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nonchalantly
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in a casual and unentusiastic manner
when the girls invited pony and johnny to sit with them pony acted incredulously to try and hide his excitment |
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abiding
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obeying
the curtis boys were law abiding partly because they new they would be seperated if they were arrested |
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digested
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thought over absorbed
in a daze ponyboy slowly digested that the running figures were members of his gang |
