Outsiders 4-8 Vocab

Sullenly

Sullenly

(adv.) Morosely

Gorged

(v.) Ate a gluttonous meal

Jolt

(n.) An emotional or psychological shock

Keeled

(v.) To fall as in a faint

Hysterics

(n.) A fit of uncontrollable weeping

Racking

(v.) To strain by physical force

Smoldering

(v.) To display repressed feelings

Unceasingly

(adv.) Without stopping

Finality

(n.) Something that is final; an ultimate act

Bootlegging

(n.) alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.

Contemptuously

(adv.) Scornfully

Ruefully

(adv.) Regretfully

Reformatory

(n.) Reform school

Premonition

(n.) A forewarning

Imploringly

(adv.) Begging earnestly, beseechingly

Eluded

(v.) To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, or trickery

Fiend

(n.) A person who is extremely addicted to some destructive habit

Siege

(n.) Any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance

Indignant

(adj.) feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting

Wistfully

(adv.) Reflectively

Mimicking

(v.) to copy in action or speech

Public appeal

(n.) The power or ability to attract or interest the mind or emotions

Radiates

(v.) To project or glow with cheerfulness or joy

Mourning

(n.) The act of a person who shows sorrow or lamentation

Impatiently

(adv.) Intolerantly, without patience

Juvenile

(adj.) Immature, childish

Delinquents

(n.) A person who is guilty of a misdeed

Manslaughter

(v.) The killing of a human being by another

Aghast

(adj.)Struck with overwhelming shock and amazement

Exploits

(n.) Striking or noticeable deeds

Numbly

(adv.) Dazedly

Faltered

(v.) To hesitate or waver in action

Divert

(v.) To turn aside or from a path or course; deflect