The Outsiders Chapters 7 - 9 Vocabulary
menace
a person whose actions or ideas are considered harmful or dangerous
conformity
acting according to social standards or practices; compliance
exploits
brilliant or heroic acts or deeds; adventures
contracted
drew together; shrunk; condensed
mimicking
imitating or copying action, speech, etc
agony
intense physical or mental suffering
grimacing
making an ugly or contorted facial expression, indicating pain, disapproval, etc.
cocksure
perfectly sure or certain; completely confident in one's own mind
radiates
projects or glows with cheerfulness, joy, goodwill, etc.
recurring
returning again to the mind; occurring again
contempt
scorn; disgrace; dishonor; disapproval
contemptuously
scornfully; showing or expressing contempt or disdain
mortal
severe; extreme; intense
doggedly
showing persistent effort; inflexibly; stubbornly; tenaciously
resemblance
similarity of appearance; likeness
faltered
spoke unsteadily; stammered
drawled
spoke with lengthened or drawn-out vowels
aghast
struck with overwhelming shock or amazement
stifled
suppressed; withheld
leery
suspicious; wary
superiority
the condition of being superior or better than
divert
to distract; to turn away from
affectionately
warmly; lovingly; fondly
bleak
without hope or encouragement; depressing
numbly
without the capability of taking action or feeling emotion