The Outsiders Vocab: 1-5

Light cotton shirt in a bright print, usually plaid

• madras

• rumble

• rueful

Competition

• sympathetic

• rivalry

• hastily

Sharing the feelings/distress of another

• madras

• suspicious

• sympathetic

The character of someone as seen by others

• reputation

• stricken

• sophisticated

Done in a hurry

• hastily

• muffle

• reeling

Showing distrust

• muffle

• panic

• suspicious

A rowdy, destructive adolescent

• Mrs. Laura when she was a kid

• Mr. Hamilton when he was a kid

• hoodlum

• Mrs. L and Mr. H were both perfect little children

Overcome by emotion; strong overwhelming emotion

• muffle

• stricken

• gallant

To lessen the sound of

• muffle

• reeling

• aloof

A fight between rival gangs

• rumble

• defiance

• resignedly