Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
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rarely
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- uncommon, infrequent
- It rarely happens when I hear my cousins are coming to my house
- “He’s always happy-go-lucky and grinning, while Darry’s hard and firm and rarely grins at all.”
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content
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- sastisfied with, pleased
- I was content with the $35 my dad gave me for my grades.
- ” I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have.”
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loned
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- went by oneself, went alone, solo
- I am not allowed to go to CVS loned even though I live 5 minutes away from it.
- “So I loned it”
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asset
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- worth, of value
- My dad found an old dollar and I thought it was asset
- “Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blast for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next.
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slouched
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- to sit or stand in a drooping (over) manner
- I slouched in this real comfortable chair yesterday
- “I automatically hitched my thumbs on my jeans and slouched,”
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madras
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- cotton fabric shirt, usually bright colored
- I wore my favorite madras shirt today, but my sister spilled coffe on it and stained it.
- “He had on a madras shirt.”
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cowlick
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- tuft of hair growing in a different direction
- My hair grows in cowlick direction
- “He has dark-brown hair that kicks back out in front and a slight cowlick in the back.”
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quivering
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- trembling, shaking, tremulous
- I was quivering when I went out side in the rain to my
- “I drew a quivering breath and quit crying”
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complicated
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- involved, complex, hard to understand
- It was complicated to my sister to understand that I didn’t want her in my room.
- “with thick greasy hair he kept combed back in complicated swirls.”
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sarcasm
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- a bitter cutting jest, cutting remark
- I always talk sarcasm to my sister and she thinks what I am saying is true.
- “Sure,” I said, trying for Soda’s sake to keep the sarcasm out of my voice.”
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incredulous
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unbelieving
- My sister is totally incredulous to everyone.
- “She gave him an incredulous look; and then she threw her Coke in his face.”
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nonchalantly
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- indifferently, no matter which way its done
- Multiplication is nonchalantly no matter the order.
- “Okay,” I said nonchalantly, “might as well.”
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sophisticated
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- cultured, worldly
- My cousin was using the word sophisticated in the wrong sentence.
- “We’re sophisticated—cool to the point of not feeling anything.”
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elite
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- a select body, the best, top of the top
- I hate how my cousin thinks he is elite.
- “And,” Two-Bit added grimly, “a few other of the socially elite checkered-shirt set.”
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resignedly
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- giving up and accepting the future
- My brother said that he wants to resignedly soon.
- “Well,” Cherry said resignedly, “they’ve spotted us.”
