The Outsiders Section 1 Vocabulary

acquire

• to gain

• disbelief

• showing strong feelings

• brave

clammy

• dazed

• carefree

• damp and cold

• hard to resist

disgrace

• advanced warning

• nonstop

• pain

• to lose respect; shame

gingerly

• uncommon

• astonished

• carefully

• resist authority

glare

• to stare angrily

• confuse

• bewildered

• show strong feelings

incidental

• fearful

• unconcerned

• by chance, minor consequence

• stubborn

incredulous

• disbelief;incredible

• regretful

• to imagine

• bitter remark

irresistable

• hard to resist

• resist authority

• brave

• regretful

nonchalant

• to gain

• carefree; unconcerned

• shame

• solid

rare

• worldly

• worthless

• uncommon

• mean