Chapters 3-4 Outsiders Vocab

Defiance

• Open resistance; bold disobedience

• a select part of a group that is superior

Bewildering

• cause to become confused

• having skill in deceit or evasion

Cunning

• having skill in deceit or evasion

• cause to become confused

Elite

• select part of a group that is superior to the rest in terms of ability or qualities

• having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion

Gallantly

• a man who is polite and attentive to women, hero

• shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain

Gallantly

• a man who is polite and attentive to women, hero

• having a great deal of worldly knowledge and experience of fashion and culture

Sophisticated

• having a great deal of worldly knowledge and experience of fashion and culture

• shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain

WInced

• shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain

• a hero

Reformatory

• cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused

• an institution to which youthful offenders are sent as an alternative to prison; a reform   school

Premonition

• a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant

• developed to a high degree of complexity