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Outsiders
outsuders
| Very cautiously or carefully. | gingerly |
|---|---|
| unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true. | incredulous |
| To take into the mind or memory | Digested |
| not being cable of fathom. | unfathomable |
| Something useful in the effort to foil or defeat an enemy. | asset |
| A mischievous person. | roguishly |
| having an air of unconcern or indifference. | nonchalantly |
| wise through reflection and experience. | Sagely |
| One of two or more striving to obtain something that can only get possessed by one. | Rivalry |
| Abiding by or obedient to the law. | Law-Abiding |
| removed or distant either physically or emotionally | aloofness |
| to anticipate especially with anxiety, dread, or fear | apprehensive |
| manifesting, feeling, or expressing | contemptuous |
| disposition to resist : willingness to contend or fight | defiance |
| a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence | elite |
| the smoldering remains of a fire | ember |
| anticipation of an event without conscious reason | premonition |
| to give up deliberately | resignedly |
| affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fail | sheepishly |
| having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience | sophisticated |
| the act or process of convicting of a crime especially in a court of law | Conviction |
| exhibiting an aloof objectivity usually free from prejudice or self-interes | Detached |
| marked by stubborn determination | Doggedly |
| to avoid adroitly | Elude |
| gradation of color | Hue |
| to call or pray for earnestly | Imploringly |
| extremely trying on the nerves | Racking |
| to let oneself settle down | Subside |
| gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed | Sullenly |
| full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy | Wistfully |
| muscular strength | Brawn |
| to go back in thought or discourse | Recurring |
| to make productive use of | Exploit |
| the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice | Manslaughter |
| conduct by a juvenile characterized by antisocial behavior that is beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action | Delinquents |
| to spread abroad or around as if from a center | Radiate |
| to turn from one course or use to another | Divert |
| to hesitate in purpose or action | Faltered |
| an intense black | Jet |
| overcome with shock and dismay | Aghast |
| being covered or clothed | Clad |
| correspondence in form, manner, or character | Conformity |
| to bring on oneself especially inadvertently | Contract |
| an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations | Delirious(Delirium) |
| suspicious or wary of | Leery |
| exciting pity or sympathy | Ruefully |
| afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow | Stricken |
| a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility | Stupor |
| having no give or slack | Taut |
| deprived through social or economic condition of some of the fundamental rights of all members of a civilized society | Underprivileged |