Vocab Flashcards
To learn the vocab of the outsiders
Mimic
to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
Radiate
to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
to emit rays, as of light or heat; irradiate.
Bleak
bare, desolate, and often windswept
cold and piercing; raw
without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary
Drawled
to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
an act or utterance of a person who draws.
Cocksure
perfectly sure or certain; completely confident in one’s own mind.
too certain; overconfident.
Obsolete. perfectly secure or safe.
Aghast
struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror
Exploit
a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act
Contemptuously
showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
Falter
to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way
to speak hesitatingly or brokenly.
to move unsteadily; stumble.
divert
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect
to route (traffic) on a detour.
to draw off to a different course, purpose, etc.
to distract from serious occupation; entertain or amuse.
to turn aside; veer
Doggedly
persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious
Mortal
subject to death; having a transitory life:
of or relating to human beings as subject to death; human:
belonging to this world.
deadly or implacable; relentless:
a human being.
the condition of being subject to death.
Superiority
the quality or condition of being superior
Menace
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury,
a threat:
a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful:
an extremely annoying person.
conformity
action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
correspondence in form, nature, or character; agreement, congruity, or accordance.
compliance or acquiescence; obedience.
