The Outsiders: Section 3 Flashcards

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Apparently

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readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible
capable of being easily perceived or understood; plain or clear; obvious
according to appearances, initial evidence, incomplete results, etc.; ostensible rather than actual

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Aghast

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struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror

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Bewilderment

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bewildered state.

a confusing maze or tangle, as of objects or conditions

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Contemptously

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showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.

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Conviction

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a fixed or firm belief
the act of convicting; a declaration that a person is guilty of an offense.
the state of being convicted

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Desperately

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reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency
leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous
extremely bad; intolerable or shocking
making a final, ultimate effort; giving all
actuated by a feeling of hopelessness.

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Doggedly

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persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious

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Eluded

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to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade
to escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of

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Hue

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a gradation or variety of a color; tint
the property of light by which the color of an object is classified as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum.
color

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Hysterics

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a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.

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Imploringly

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to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat
to beg urgently or piteously for (aid, mercy,)

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Indignant

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feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

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Mimicking

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to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape.
to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely.

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Radiates

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to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
to emit rays, as of light or heat; irradiate.
to issue or proceed in rays.

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Stunned

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to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc
to shock; overwhelm
to daze or bewilder by noise.

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Subsides

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to sink to a low or lower level.
to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate
to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate

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Sullenly

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showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
persistently and silently morose.
indicative of gloomy ill humor.
gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound.

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Vital

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of or pertaining to life
having remarkable energy, liveliness, or force of personality
necessary to life
necessary to the existence, continuance, or well-being of something; indispensable; essential

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Wistfully

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characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.

pensive, especially in a melancholy way.