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The Outsiders Vocabulary Chapters 4-6
ruefully
“’It wasn’t anything like that, kid. I was asleep, or tryin’ to be, with all this racket. Hank Williams’- he rolled his eyes and added a few adjectives after ‘Hank Williams.’ ‘Me and Shepard had a run-in and I cracked some ribs. I just need a lay over.’ He rubbed his side ruefully.” (pg60)
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hermit
“I’d heard about reformatories from Curly Shepard and I didn’t want to go to one at all. So we’d have to be hermits for the rest of our lives, and never see anyone but Dally. Maybe I’d never see Darry or Sodapop again.” (pg 65)
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premonition
“But this church gave me a kind of creepy feeling. What do you call it? Premonition? I flopped down on the floor- and immediately decided not to do any more flopping.” (pg 67)
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reluctant
“’I thought you could maybe read it out loud and help kill time or something’
‘Gee thanks,’ I put the book down reluctantly. I wanted to start it right then and there.” (pg 71)
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sullen
“His forehead was whiter where his bangs had been; it would have been funny if we hadn’t been so scared. He was still shivering with cold. ‘I guess,’ he said weakly, ‘I guess we’re disguised.’
I leaned back next to him sullenly. ‘I guess so.” (pg 73)
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eluded
“Robert Frost wrote it. He meant more to it than I’m getting’ though.” I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind, but it eluded me.” (pg 78)
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implore
“I looked at Johnny imploringly. Johnny sighed. ‘I’m gonna cut mine too, and wash the grease out, but I can’t bleach it. I’m too dark-skinned to look okay blonde.” (pg 72)
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gallant
“They was gettin’ him for breakin’ out the windows in the school building, and it was Two-Bit who did that. And Dally knew it. But he just took the sentence without battin’ an eye or even denyin’ it. That’s gallant.” ( pg 76)
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indignant
“’You two want to get something to eat first? I skipped breakfast and I’m starved’
‘You’re starved?’ Johnny was so indignant he nearly squeaked. I remembered to baloney.” (pg 80)
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bewildered
“No,’ snapped Dally, ‘they didn’t. Blast it, Johnny, what do they matter? Shoot, my old man don’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter. That don’t bother me none.’
Johnny didn’t say anything. But he stared at the dashboard with such hurt bewilderment that I could have bawled.” (pg 88)
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