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The Socs jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public _____ one day and an asset to society the next.

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He liked fights, blondes, and for some _____ reason, school.

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He has a finely drawn, sensitive face that somehow manages to be _____ and thoughtful at the same time.

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I was smarting and aching and my chest was sore and I was so nervous my hands were shaking and I wanted to start _____, but you just don't say that to Darry.

Which word is defined as "weeping or crying noisily"?

Which word is defined as "loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonorable action"?

Which word is defined as "say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation"?

Which word is defined as "without thinking or caring about the consequences of an action"?

Which word is defined as "incapable of being fully explored or understood"?

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She gave him a(n) _____ look; and then she threw her Coke in his face.

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Two-Bit knew better than to scare Johnny like that. I guess he'd forgotten. He's kind of _____.

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Dallas _____ for a second. If it had been me, or Two-Bit, or Soda or Steve, or anyone but Johnny, Dally would have flattened him without a moment's hesitation.

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Dally grinned _____. "I'm never nice. Want a Coke?"

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Johnny's eyes went round and he _____ as though I'd belted him. Two-Bit slapped me a good one across the side of the head, and hard.

Which word is defined as "unwilling or unable to believe something"?

Which word is defined as "playfully mischievous"?

Which word is defined as "disorganized and lacking in concentration"?

Which word is defined as "frown in an angry or bad-tempered way"?

Which word is defined as "give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress"?

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Mickey Mouse was a dark-gold buckskin, sassy and _____, not much more than a colt. He'd come when Soda called him.

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Dally--wild, _____ Dally--turning into a hoodlum because he'd die if he didn't.

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Two-Bit _____ offered to walk them home--the west side of town was only about twenty miles away--but they wanted to call their parents and have them come and get them.

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I finally calmed down and wiped my eyes on my bare arm. My breath was coming in _____ sobs.

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That was the truth. Socs were always behind a wall of _____, careful not to let their real selves show through.

Which word is defined as "not involved with or friendly toward other people"?

Which word is defined as "having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion"?

Which word is defined as "in a brave or heroic manner"?

Which word is defined as "bad-tempered and combative"?

Which word is defined as "trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion"?

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The wind blasted through my soaked sweat shirt and dripping hair. My teeth chattered _____ and I couldn't stop them.

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Buck glared at me for a second, then stumbled off. He was pretty well crocked, which made me _____.

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"Oh, shoot, kid"--Dally glanced _____ over his shoulder--"I was in the bedroom."

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Towheaded and shifty-eyed, Dally was anything but handsome. Yet in his hard face there was character, pride, and a savage _____ of the world.

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If Johnny got caught, they'd give him the electric chair, and if they caught me, I'd be sent to a(n) _____.

Which word is defined as "anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen"?

Which word is defined as "in a scornful way that shows disdain"?

Which word is defined as "open resistance; bold disobedience"?

Which word is defined as "an institution to which youthful offenders are sent as an alternative to prison; a reform school"?

Which word is defined as "without stopping; continuously"?