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Outsiders Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nonchanlantly | in a casual and unenthusiastic manner. |
| rivalry | a continued striving for advantage over another. |
| unfathomable | not capable of being understood or grasped. |
| asset | an advantage. |
| sagely | wisely, knowingly. |
| gingerly | carefully. |
| premonition | a feeling that something is about to occur. |
| contemptuous | despising |
| elite | superior, top |
| aloofness | the state of being uninterested |
| defiance | open, bold resistance to authority |
| sophisticated | exepierienced in wordly ways |
| delirious | mentally wandering |
| contract | to draw together |
| ruefully | regetful or sorrowful |
| underprivileged | not enjoying the social or economic world |
| stupor | daze |
| detached | uninvolved |
| conviction | a strong belief |
| elude | to escape understanding, baffle |
| sullenly | in a gloomy, silent, surely way |
| imploringly | in a pleading, begging manner |
| subside | become lower |
| aghast | shocked, horrified, terrified |
| recurring | occuring again and again |
| exploit | daring act or heroic deed |
| divert | draw to another direction |
| delinquents | people(usually young) who commit a crime |
| brawn | strength or physical power |
| idolized | worshipped |
| hearing | an appearence in front of a judge before a trial |
| acquitted | set free after evidence has been considered |
| vast | great in size in scope |
| veered | shifted from one direction to another |
| liable | likely |
| conformity | attacking according general rules or standards |