"The Outsider" Ch. 1-2 Vocabulary

Define asset.

• A useful or valuable thing, person or quality. An advantage.

• To think over.

• To torture.

• To state a fact or belief confidently.

Define abiding.

• A continued striving for an advantage over another person.

• To endure or obey.

• Embarrassed or shameful.

• To be shocked.

Define rivalry.

• To be uninterested or uninvolved in a topic.

• Competition or striving for the same object or an advantage over something else.

• To plead or beg.

• To act in a stubborn or persistent way

Define digested.

• A daring act.

• To resist something or someone.

• To think over, arrange or classify.

• To have physical power.

Define incredulous.

• To be irrational.

• embarrassed or ashamed.

• To escape understanding.

• Unwilling or unable to believe something.

Define unfathomable.

• To be regretful.

• To have great size.

• Not capable of being understood.

• To take advantage of.

Define roguishly.

• To beam with excitement.

• To get dressed in the morning.

• To preform in front of a small crowd.

• To act in a mischievous way.

Define gingerly.

• To proceed with caution, carefully.

• People who commit a crime.

• To accept someone's apology.

• To speak hesitantly.

Define sagely.

• To sink back down in your seat.

• In a wise manner.

• To withdraw from a conversation.

• To be fearful.

Define nonchalantly.

• In a casual or calm manner.

• Something that occurs again and again.

• To show physical power.

• To act superior to others.