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Outsiders Voc 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| staggering | v. walk or move unsteadily as if about to fall; falter; stumble |
| smoldering | adj. burning slowly with smoke but no flame; getting more angry |
| quavered | v. shake or tremble in speaking typically through nervousness or emotion; flutter |
| defiance | n. open resistance; bold disobedience; noncompliance |
| stammered | v. speak with sudden involuntary pauses; tendency to repeat the initial letters of words |
| groggy | adj. dazed, weak, or unsteady from illness intoxication, sleep, or a blow to the head |
| sheepish | adj. showing embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence |
| reluctantly | adv. in an unwilling and hesitant way |
| sullenly | adv. bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy; pouting; |
| hue | n. a color or shade; tint |
| subsides | v. become less intense, violent, or severe; slacken |
| eluded | v. evade or escape from danger or enemy that is typically skillful or cunning; dodge |
| gallantly | adv. in a brave or heroic manner |
| sophisticated | adj. having, revealing or proceeding from a worldly experience/knowledge |
| aloofness | n. not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant |
| ornery | adj. bad-tempered and combative; irritable, crabby |
| elite | n. a select group that is superior in ability or qualities |
| dumbfounded | adj. greatly astonished or amazed; surprised |
| cunning | adj. having or showing skill by deceit or evasion; crafty; wily; devious |
| unceasingly | adv. not coming to an end; continuous; incessant; relentless |
| apprehesive | adj. anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen; worried; uneasy; afraid |
| contemptuously | adv. a way that shows disdain or scorn |
| ruefully | adv. expresses sorry or regret; apologetically |
| premonition | n. strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant |
| imploringly | adv. making an earnest or desperate appeal; beseeching; pleading |
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Jmccrystal