The Outsiders: Chapters 1-6 Vocabulary - Set 4

(v.) to avoid; to escape the understanding of

• conviction

• elude

• detached

• racking

(adv.) full of a yearning or desire that depresses the spirit 

• wistfully

• elude

• detached

• doggedly

(adv.) marked by stubborn determination

• wistfully

• elude

• detached

• doggedly

(n.) the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime, especially in a court of law; a strong persuasion or belief; the state of being convinced to admit the truth

• racking

• elude

• detached

• conviction

(adj.) standing by itself; separate; unconnected; being objective

• racking

• elude

• detached

• conviction

(v.) to cause to suffer pain; to place pool balls in a rack 

• racking

• elude

• detached

• conviction