The Outsiders Chapters 3 - 4 Vocabulary

In a manner that never stops and continues.

• Ornery

• bleak

• unceasingly

• smoldering

 In an unselfish, fearless, and helpful manner.

• gallantly

• premonition

• defiance

• aloofness

to show signs of repressed anger or hatred.

• ornery

• smoldering

• contemptuously

• muttered

 To talk in a low or barely audible voice.

• premonition

• bleak

• muttered

• aloofness

Afraid that something unpleasant is going to happen; anxious, fearful or uneasy.

• defiance

• apprehensive

• ornery

• gallantly

 Remote in manner; uninterested.

• aloofness

• bleak

• unceasingly

• smoldering

 An early warning about a future event; a feeling 

that something is about to occur.

• defiance

• premonition

• ornery

• gallantly

 Difficult to control; easily annoyed or irritated.

• contemptuously

• bleak

• ornery

• unceasingly

Offering little or no hope.

• gallantly

• ornery

• unceasingly

• bleak

Open, bold resistance to authority; a hostile challenge.

• smoldering

• defiance

• ornery

• muttered