Chapters 9-10 Vocab-The Outsiders

Then I hurried to take a shower and change clothes. Me and Soda and Darry always got ____________ up before a rumble.

make a person or place smarter or tidier.

• spruced

• mortal

• grimmacing

“I don’t know if you ought to be in this rumble, Pony,” Darry said slowly. Oh no, I thought in __________ fear, I’ve got to be in it. Right then, the most important thing in my life was helping us whip the Socs.

(of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death.

• ruefully

• grimacing

• mortal

We stood there clenching our teeth and ___________, with sweat pouring down our faces.

to make an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc.

• leery

• grimacing

• delirious

“Today’s Tuesday, and you’ve been asleep and _____________ since Saturday night. Don’t you remember?”

in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.

• delirious

• agony

• leery

He was very still for a moment and I thought in __________: He’s dead already. We’re too late.

extreme physical or mental suffering.

• spruced

• ruefully

• agony