"Living in those conditions might have turned someone else rebellious and bitter; it was killing Johnny." Bitter means

"Then she said briskly, 'Your brother Sodapap, does he work at a gasoline station?'" Briskly means

"'Okay,' I said nonchalantly, 'might as well.'" Nonchalantly means

"Glory, I thought with a bewildering feeling of being rushed, things are happening too quick." Bewildering means

"Yet in his hard face there was character, pride, and a savage defiance." Defiance means

"But this church gave me a kind of creepy feeling. What do you call it? Premonition?" Premonition means

"He was pretty well crocked, which made me apprehensive." Apprehensive means

"He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school." Unfathomable means

"She gave him an incredulous look; and then she threw her Coke in his face." Incredulous means

"He was famous for shoplifting and his black-handled switchblade (which he couldn’t have acquired without his first talent), and he was always smarting off to the cops." Acquired means

"Mickey Mouse was a dark-gold buckskin, sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt." Ornery means

"Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through." Aloof means

"'I bet they were cool ol' guys,' he said, his eyes glowing, after I had read the part about them riding into sure death because they were gallant." Gallant means

"'Gee,' Johnny said wistfully, 'it sure will be good to get into a car again.' Wistful means

"I put down the book reluctantly." Reluctantly means

"I looked at Johnny imploringly." Imploringly means

"I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind, but it eluded me." Elude means

"I looked around wildly, almost panic-stricken, but then caught sight of some crooked lettering written in the dust of the floor." Stricken means

"Darry hasn’t got the slightest notion where you’re at and it is nearly killing him." Notion means