The Outsiders Vocabulary (Chapters 5-8)

Asking someone to do something in a sincere and emotional way

• sullenly

• imploringly

• indignant

• doggedly

in an unhappy mood

• sullen

• eluded

• indignant

• aghast

something that is hard to remember or understand

• imploringly

• eluded

• indignant

• vital

very important

• exploits

• reluctantly

• indignant

• vital

angry or upset because of an unfair situation

• exploits

• dogged

• indignant

• divert

determined to achieve something

• sullen

• vital

• jolt

• dogged

to shock someone so they suddenly change what they are doing or thinking

• drawl

• contemptuous

• jolt

• bleak

without reason to feel happy or hopeful

• exploits

• aghast

• brawn

• bleak

a slow way of speaking

• exploits

• reluctant

• brawn

• drawl

physical strength

• brawn

• jolt

• aghast

• drawled