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Outsiders 8-9
Chapters 8-9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abruptly | curt or brusque in speech, manner, etc. |
| Acrobatics | gymnastics feats |
| Agony | extreme physical or mental suffering |
| Aimlessly | without purpose or direction |
| Awed clenching | grasping firmly while expressing fear |
| Contempt | the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn |
| Debating | argue about (a subject) especially in formal manner |
| Disgusted | cause (someone) to feel revulsion or profound disapproval |
| Environment | the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates |
| Grimacing | to make a face, especially after something unpleasant |
| Leery | cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions |
| Miniature | especially of a replica of something of a much smaller size than normal, very small |
| Mock numbly | imitate without emotion or feeling |
| Reformatory | an institution to which youthful offenders are sent as an alternative to prison, a reform school |
| Static | lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting |
| Stifled | make (someone) unable to breathe properly, suffocate |
| Superiority | that state of being superior |
| Underprivileged | (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society |
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