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The Outsiders Ch 4-6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Elite <adjective> | People of the highest social status |
| Ember <noun> | Small, live piece of coal or wood as in a dying fire. |
| Apprehensive <adjective> | uneasy or fearful about something that might happen |
| Defiance <noun> | disobedience; insubordination |
| Contemptuous <adjective> | showing or expressing scorn or disrespect |
| Sheepish <adjective> | embarrassed; bashful; shy |
| Premonition <noun> | intuition; hunch; sixth sense (feeling that something bad will happen) |
| Rueful <adjective> | showing sorrow or regret |
| Bleak <adjective> | not cheerful or hopeful; gloomy |
| Quaker <verb> | to tremble or shake |
| Unceasingly <adverb> | without ending; continuously |
| Dumbfound <verb> | to strike dumb in amazement |
| Radiate <verb> | To glow |
| Manslaughter <noun> | Murder |
| Braun <noun> | strong; well-developed muscles |
| Elite | All of the ________ kids sat together. They were also called the cool kids. |
| Embers | Johnny extinguished the orange _________ from his cigarette. |
| Apprehensive | Pony was _____________ that Johnny and him would be caught by the fuzz. |
| Defiance | __________ ran through Dally, he always found trouble. |
| Radiated | The cigarettes ___________ in the dark of the church. |
| Contemptuously | Darry _______________ slapped Ponyboy. |
| Sheepish | Pony was _________ when he was talking to Cherry for the first time. |
| Rueful | Darry was ________ when he realized that he slapped Ponyboy. |
| Bleak | The home was ________, it was all whiteish-tanish. |
| Quakers | Logan _________ whenever he watched a scary movie |
| Unceasingly | The fire burned _____________, it was still blazing after 3 days. |
| Dumbfounded | Logan was ____________ when he found about shortcuts like ctrl+x |
| Manslaughter | Johnny feared that he would be charged with __________, because he murdered a soc. |
| Braun | Darry was very ________, he was well built with his muscles. |
| Premonition | The gypsy said she had ___________, but Logan did not believe she had the sixth sense |