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The Outsiders - Chapters 5-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conviction | Firm belief |
| doggedly | Determined; stubbornly |
| elude | Escape; evade; slip out of one’s grasp |
| hue | Color |
| implore | Beg; plead |
| racking | Agonizing; thinking hard |
| subside | Die down; lower |
| sullen | Crabby; pouting; mad and sad at the same time |
| wistfully | In a wishful way; yearning; longing |
| detached | Emotionally uninvolved |
| aghast | Struck by surprise or horror |
| brawn | Muscles; strength |
| delinquents | Young hoodlums; tough guy |
| divert | Draw away from |
| exploit | Heroic act; daring deed |
| jet | A deep, glossy black |
| falter | Stumbled in speech; hesitated |
| recur | Happen again |
| radiate | Shine brightly |
| manslaughter | Unlawfully killing another without intending to do so |