The Outsiders - Ch. 1-3 Vocabulary

Match the following

• a thin tuft, piece, or amount of something

• reckless

• marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

• lope

• impossible to understand

• wisp

• run easily

• cowlick

• a tuft of hair in a different direction from the rest

• unfathomable

Match the following

• having wisdom that comes with experience

• glare

• look at with a fixed or angry gaze

• gingerly

• the act of competing as for profit or prize

• grudge

• using extreme care or delicacy

• sage

• a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

• rivalry

Match the following

• refreshments purchased at a small stand

• wince

• a band of fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages

• appeal

• look at closely in order to form an opinion about

• size up

• be attractive to

• concession

• make a face indicating disgust or dislike

• ligament

Match the following

• affected by something overwhelming

• incidentally

• not willing to believe; unbelieving

• nonchalantly

• argue over petty things

• stricken

• by the way (used to introduce a new topic)

• bicker

• in a composed and unconcerned manner

• incredulous

Match the following

• a street fight between rival groups

• rumble

• in an unclear way

• sophisticated

• a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

• aloofness

• having worldly knowledge and refinement

• vaguely

• being attentive and courteous like an ideal knight

• gallant

Match the following

• accept as inevitable

• bleak

• a group or class of persons enjoying superior status

• cunning

• offering little or no hope

• sassy

• improperly forward or bold

• elite

• marked by skill in deception

• resign

Match the following

• an inferior or mixed breed dog

• ornery

• appeal or request earnestly

• cur

• having a difficult or contrary disposition

• plead

• expect, believe, or suppose

• reckon

• a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized

• frustration