English 8 ~ The Outsiders Vocab List #2

smoldering

(adj) showing scarcely suppressed anger

unceasingly

(adv) without stopping

apprehensive

(adj) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger

defiance

(n) intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

contemptuously

(adv) without respect; in a disdainful manner

ruefully

(adv) in a manner expressing pain or sorrow

sheepish

(adj) showing a sense of shame

premonition

(n) a feeling of evil to come

imploringly

(adv) in a pleading manner

sullenly

(adv) in a manner showing a brooding ill humor

elude

(v) escape, either physically or mentally

indignant

(adj) angered at something unjust or wrong

wistfully

(adv) in a pensively sad manner

doggedly

(adv) with obstinate determination

conviction

(n) an unshakable belief in something without need for proof