The Outsiders Vocabulary Chapters 1-9

Reckless

• Without thinking or caring about consequences

• To be sleepy

• Very important

• Copying someone or something

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Quivering

• Smiling or grinning

• Trembling or shaking

• Laughing or smirking

• Yelling or shouting

To be disorganized and lacking in concentration

• Sullen

• Scowling

• Savvy

• Scatterbrained

Unwilling or unable to believe something

• Winced

• Incredulous

• Bawl

• Muttered

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Ornery

• To be distant or withdrawn

• To be injured

• To fight

• Bad-tempered and combative

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Anxious or fearful that something bad will happen

• Nonchalantly

• Premonition

• Apprehensive

• Ruefully

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Eluded

• Escape

• Explain

• Easy

• Eager

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

To be sleepy, weak, or unsteady.

• Scowled

• Groggy

• Defiance

• Unceasingly

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Uncontrolled and extreme emotion

• Vital

• Elite

• Winced

• Hysterics

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Resemblance

• To look like someone or something

• Burning or flames

• To complete something

• To reply