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The Outsiders Vocab. Words
Vocab words from the novel The Outsiders
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English
8th Grade
11/15/2012

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Term

 

Noun

Definition

 

name of something: person, place, thing, or ideia.

 

Indication: a, an, the

Term

 

Verb

Definition

A word that expresses action or state of being

 

Indicator: to

Term

 

Adjective

Definition

 

describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

Term

 

Adverb

Definition

modifies a verb, and adjectuve, or another adverb

 

Indicator: ly

Term

 

Fathom

Definition

V

to come to an understanding

Term

 

cunning

Definition

n

skill, dexterity

Term

 

rogue

Definition

n

a dishonest or wicked person

Term

 

apprehensive

Definition

adj

fearful of what may be comming

Term

 

incredulous

Definition

adj

feeling or showing an inhability to believe something

Term

 

nonchalant

Definition

adj

having a confident and easy manner

Term

 

gallant

Definition

adj

spirited, brave, chivalrous

Term

 

aloof

Definition

adv

at a distance: out of involvement

Term

 

ornery

Definition

adj

having an irratable desposition: grumpy

Term

 

sullen

Definition

adj

gloomily or resentfully silent

Term

 

aghast

Definition

adj

struck with terror, amazement, or horror

Term

 

bleak

Definition

adj

dreary, cheerless

Term

 

clad

Definition

adj

being covered: wearing clothes

Term

 

contempt

Definition

n

the act of despising: the state of mind of the one who despises: to hate

Term

 

contract

Definition

v

to draw or squeeze together so as to make or become smaller or shorter and broader

Term

 

divert

Definition

v

to turn aside: turn away from one course or use to another

Term

 

leery

Definition

adj

suspicious: weary

Term

 

liable

Definition

adj

forced by law or by what is right to make good

Term

 

veer

Definition

v

to change direction or course

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