Outsiders Chapter 1

Question 0

loned

Answer 0

went by oneself, went alone, solo

For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world that did. So I loned it.

Question 1

rarely

Answer 1

1.not often; seldom.p

I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut. Besides, I look better with long hair.

Question 2

asset

Answer 2

worth, of value

jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset

Question 3

slouched

Answer 3

sit or stand in a drooping (over) manner

I automatically hitched my thumbs in my jeans and slouched, wondering if I could get away if I made a break for it.

Question 4

madras

Answer 4

cotton fabric shirt, usually bright colored

He had on a madras shirt

Question 5

cowlick

Answer 5

tuft of hair growing in a different direction

He has dark-brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back— just like Dad’s— but Darry’s eyes are his own.

Question 6

quivering

Answer 6

trembling, shaking, tremulous

I’m just a little spooked, that’s all.” I drew a quivering breath and quit crying.

Question 7

complicated

Answer 7

involved, complex, hard to understand

Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls

Question 8

sarcasm

Answer 8

a bitter cutting jest, cutting remark

Sure,” I said, trying for Soda’s sake to keep the sarcasm out of my voice.

Question 9

incredulous

Answer 9

unbeleiving

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

Question 10

nonchalantly

Answer 10

indifferently, no matter which way its done

Okay,” I said nonchalantly, “might as well.

Question 11

sophisticated

Answer 11

cultured, world

You greasers have a different set of values. You’re more emotional. We’re sophisticated— cool to the point of not feeling anything.

Question 12

elite

Answer 12

a select body, the best, top of the top

And,” Two-Bit added grimly, “a few other of the socially elite checkered-shirt set”

Question 13

resignedly

Answer 13

giving up and accepting the future

Well,” Cherry said resignedly, “they’ve spotted us.”

Question 14

unceasingly

Answer 14

continous, not ceasing, not stopping

My teeth chattered unceasingly and I couldn’t stop them. I finally pushed myself up and leaned back against the fountain, the water running down my face. Then I saw Johnny.

Question 15

bootlegging

Answer 15

illegal action of selling alcohol where not legally permitted

Buck raised a few quarter horses, and made most of his money on fixed races and a little bootlegging.

Question 16

apprehensive

Answer 16

scornful, insolent, to be concerned or worried

Buck glared at me for a second, then stumbled, off. He was pretty well crocked, which made me apprehensive. If Dally was drunk and in a dangerous mood..

Question 17

contemptuously

Answer 17

afraid, suspicious

“Oh, shoot, kid”— Dally glanced contemptuously over his shoulder— “I was in the bedroom.”

Question 18

winced

Answer 18

to recoil from pain, to jump back with pain

I winced inside. I’ve told you I can’t stand it that Soda dropped out. “He’s a dropout,” I said roughly. “Dropout” made me think of some poor dumb-looking hoodlum

Question 19

bewildering

Answer 19

very confused, perplexed

It was only last night that Dally and I had sat down behind those girls at the Nightly Double. Glory, I thought with a bewildering feeling of being rushed, things are happening too quick.

Question 20

premonition

Answer 20

a previous warning, as if by feeling warned about

Question 21

groggy

Answer 21

not completely awake

Question 22

reluctantly

Answer 22

unwillingly, struggling against, not wanting to

Question 23

imploringly

Answer 23

pleadingly, begging

Question 24

sullenly

Answer 24

gloomy, somber

Question 25

eluded

Answer 25

avoided, stayed away from, escaped

Question 26

vital

Answer 26

essential, absolutely neccessary, required for life

Question 27

indignant

Answer 27

outraged, discusted by

Question 28

gorged

Answer 28

swallol greedily

Question 29

conviction

Answer 29

strong beleif in, strong beleif in one’s opinion

Question 30

inhalation

Answer 30

to breath into lungs

Question 31

gorged

Answer 31

swallol greedily

Question 32

conviction

Answer 32

strong beleif in, strong beleif in one’s opinion

Question 33

inhalation

Answer 33

to breath into lungs

Question 34

mimicking

Answer 34

imitating, riticuling, copying in a rude or funny way

Question 35

recurring

Answer 35

returning, repeatedly

Question 36

aghast

Answer 36

amazed, stupified

Question 37

exploits

Answer 37

heroic acts, adventures

Question 38

abruptly

Answer 38

suddenly

Question 39

resemblance

Answer 39

likeliness, similarity, like characteristics or genes/actions

Question 40

debating

Answer 40

deciding on, choosing

Question 41

aimlessly

Answer 41

without direction, without purpose

Question 42

ruefully

Answer 42

regretfully, sorrowfully, sullenly

Question 43

leery

Answer 43

wary, suspicious of

Question 44

stupor

Answer 44

senses have been deadened

Question 45

delirious

Answer 45

confusion, disordered speech, halucinations

Question 46

grasped

Answer 46

understood

Question 47

acquitted

Answer 47

discharged completely, set free from legal charge

Question 48

desperate

Answer 48

driven to the point where one will take any risk

Question 49

deny

Answer 49

to declare untrue, to contradict

Question 50

pity

Answer 50

compassion for suffering, caring about anothers troubles

Question 51

flinching

Answer 51

betraying fear, pain, or surprise with an involuntary gesture

Question 52

veered

Answer 52

swerved to avoid, turn aside from a course or direction