The Outsiders Vocab: 5-8

being beyond hope; causing despair

• desperate

• reluctant

• radiate

• towheaded

showing doubt or unwillingness

• reluctant

• elude

• towheaded

• bleak

to avoid or escape

• elude

• sullen

• bleak

• mourn

not sociable; gloomy

• sullen

• divert

• mourn

• scowl

to turn attention away; distract

• divert

• resemblance

• scowl

• conviction

likeness or similarity

• resemblance

• hue

• conviction

• aghast

a shade of color

• hue

• clenched

• aghast

• apparent

held tightly

• clenched

• abrupt

• apparent

• exploit

happening without warning; sudden

• abrupt

• subside

• exploit

• testify

to become lower or less

• subside

• testify

• resemblance

• abrupt