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Outsiders: Vocab ch.
Term | Definition |
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Elite | (adj) people of the highest social status |
Sheepish | (adj) embarrassed; bashful; shy |
Premonition | (noun) intuition; hunch; sixth sense (feeling that something bad will happen) |
Rueful | (adj) showing sorrow or regret |
Bleak | (adj) not cheerful or hopeful; gloomy |
Quaver | (verb) to tremble or shake |
Ember | (noun) small, live piece of coal or wood as in a dying fire |
Apprehensive | (adj) uneasy or fearful about something that might happen |
Defiance | (noun) disobedience; insubordination |
Contemptuous | (adj) showing or expressing scorn or disrespect |
Unceasingly | (adv) without ending; continuously |
Dumbfound | (verb) to strike dumb in amazement |
Radiate | (verb) to glow |
Manslaughter | (noun) murder |
Brawn | (noun) strong; well-developed muscles |