The Outsiders Vocabulary Flashcard!

Front

ELITE.
Book Example: Two-Bit added grimly, "a few other of the socially elite checkered shirt set."

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Superior

Front

leery
Book Example: "We mostly stuck with our own outfits; so I was a little leery of going over to him."

Back

Cautious or Wary

Front

Which of the following means in a wishful way?

Doggedly

,

Nostalgic

,

Liable

,

Sagely

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Nostalgic

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recur
Book Example: "Soda began sleeping with me, and [the nightmare] stopped recurring so often, but it happened often enough for Darry to take me to a doctor"

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to occur again

Front

Racking Book Example: "I could hear the sobs racking him as he fought to keep back the tears."

Back

Agonizing

Front

Clad

Book Example: "He came running in, clad only in a pair of blue jeans."

Back

Clothed

Front

radiate

Back

Shine Brightly

Front

Aloofness Book Example: "Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show."

Back

Coolness

Front

Is "Wisely" a synonym for "sagely"?

Back

True

Front

Elude
Book Example: "I was trying to find the meaning the poet had, but it eluded me."

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Avoid