Outsiders Chapter 1-6 Vocab

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Brisk

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Quick and active; lively, abrupt

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Hastily

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Speedy, quick, hurried and rash

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Impatient

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Indicating lack of patience; not accepting delay

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Bickered

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To engage in argument. An angry petty dispute or quarrel.

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Coward

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Lacking courage, very fearful, timid.

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Rebellious

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Defying or resisting some established authority, government or tradition insubordinate; inclined to rebel.

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Concession

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A space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service.

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Sarcastic

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Of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm.

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Muffled

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To wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound.

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Reforms

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To cause a person to abandon wrong or evil ways of life or conduct.

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Digesting

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To promote the digestion of food.

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Feud

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A bitter quarrel

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Embarrassed

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To cause shame to; to make uncomfortably self-conscious

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Hoodlum

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A thug or gangster

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Gasp

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A sudden short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.

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Site

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The position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment.

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Ligaments

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A band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones hold organs in place.

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Blurted

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Say something suddenly

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Calm

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Not showing or feeling nervousness

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Clenched

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Grasp something tightly

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Disquised

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Give a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity

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Elude

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Evade or escape from

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Fiendish

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Extremely cruel or unpleasant.

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Fumbled

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Use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something.

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Quaverring

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Shake or tremble in speaking.

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Galiant

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Brave or herroic

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Gorged

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Eat a large amount greedily.

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Implored

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Beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

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Startled

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Feelng sudden shock or alarm

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Nudged

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Touch or push something gently or gradually.

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Sullen

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Bad tempered and sulky

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Vital

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Absolutely necessary or important

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Wistful

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Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.

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Aloof

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Not friendly or forthcoming

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Bleak

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Lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements

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Cunning

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Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion

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Elite

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A select part of a group that is superior to the rest

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Emotional

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Having feelings that are easily excited and openly displayed

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Frustration

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The feeling of being upset or annoyed

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Grimly

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In a very serious gloomy or depressing manner

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Impersonal

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Not influenced by showing or involving personal feelings

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Ornery

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Bad tempered and combative

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Passionate

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Showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief

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Pity

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The feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering of others

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Quivering

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Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion

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Resigned

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Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.

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Sassy

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Lively, bold, and full if spirit

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Sophisticated

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Developed to a high degree if complexity's

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Abandoned

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Having been deserted or cast off

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Aporehensive

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Anxious or fearful that something bad will happen.

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Bewildered

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Cause someone to be come confused.

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Defiantly

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In a manner that shows open resistance

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Groggy

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Dazed, weak or unsteady

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Panic

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Sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety

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Premonition

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A strong feeling that something is about to happen.

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Preserve

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Maintain something in it's original or existing state.

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Rueful

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Expressing sorrow or regret

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Slouched

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stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way.

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Affection

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Fond offender feelings toward someone

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Automatically

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Moving or acting by itself; done without conscious control

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Conscious

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Aware

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Disgrace

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Shame; loss of honor

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Drowsily

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Sleepily

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Fierce

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Ferocious; raging

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Gingerly

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With extreme caution

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Hence

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For this reason

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Instantly

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Right away; immediately

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Madras

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A type of cotton cloth of fine texture

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Rarities

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Uncommon items

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Rivalry

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Competition

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Rivalry

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Competition

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Suffocate

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To keep from breathing

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Tight-knit

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Close; bound by mutual interests and affection

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Trembling

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Shaking; as from fear or sickness

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Unfathomable

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Not understood

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Inhalation

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The action of inhaling or breathing

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Sensitive

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A person who is believed to respond to occult influences

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Scowling

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Frown in an angry or bad-tempered way

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Embers

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Piece of burning or glowing coal or weed in a lying fire

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Husky

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Strong

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Surveyed

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Look carefully at something

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Hesitation

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Pausing

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Irritated

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Annoyed

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Smarting

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Sharp stinging pain

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Keeled

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Fall over

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Hysterics

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Emotional and exaggerated reaction

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Testify

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Give evidence as a witness

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Doggedly

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Strong determination

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Suspicous

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Having a cautious distrust in someone

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Detached

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Separate

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Conviction

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Declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offence

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Staggered

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Walk unsteadily; about to fall