The Outsiders Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 1-12

Hastily

• unruly tuft of hair

• bold resistance

• defiant

• quickly, without thought

contemptuously

• helpful in difficult situations.

• the style of hair worn by the greasers

• to copy ones actions

• disrespectfully; scornfully

doggedly

• refusal to complete an assignment

• to copy someones actions

• stubborn determination

• struck with fear

delirious

• to refrain from participation

• hopeful

• disturbed state of mind; a state of wild excitement

• guilty of a crime

gallant

• apprehensive,

• brave, courageous, dashing

• anxious

• disrespectful, rude

faltered

• a type of hairstyle

• finding fault with someone

• paused uncertainly

• hopeful

reckless

• to stop something from happening

• confusion

• not caring or worrying about the results of your actions

• a form of driving

fiend

• a person with anger issues

• to prank someone

• kind, considerate and respectful

• a wicked or cruel person

aghast

• another name for a gun

• the fear of ghosts

• happy and jubilant

• struck with fear

diverted

• to deliberately take someone's attention by making them think of something else.

• to fall or faint

• uncertain

• to stay on course when driving