The Outsiders (Chapter 6)

Brett W.
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  1. beef
    informal terms for objecting
    If something beefed him, he didn't keep quiet about it.
    Page 89
  2. cinder
    a fragment of incombustible matter left after a fire
    The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and smarting like ants.
    Page 92
  3. conviction
    an unshakable belief in something without need for proof
    "I was scared," Johnny said with conviction.
    Page 89
  4. desperately
    with great urgency
    "I got a good chance of bein' let off easy," Johnny said desperately.
    Page 87
  5. detach
    cause to become separated
    I should be scared, I thought with an odd detached feelings, but I'm not.
    Page 92
  6. dim
    lacking in light; not bright or harsh
    When I came to, I was being bounced around, and I ached and smarted, and wondered dimly where I was.
    Page 93
  7. ember
    a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
    The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and smarting like ants.
    Page 92
  8. freight
    goods carried by a large vehicle
    I left out the part about the gun and our hitching a ride in the freight car.
    Page 96
  9. gag
    a restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking
    Johnny almost gagged and I almost dropped my hot-fudge sundae.
    Page 85
  10. hitchhike
    travel by getting free rides from motorists
    "We won't tell that you helped us, Dally, and we;ll give you back the gun and what's left of the money and say we hitchhiked back so you won't get into trouble.
    Page 87
  11. hoarse
    deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness
    "Where...?" I said hoarsely, not able to get anything else out of my mouth.
    Page 94
  12. hysteric
    characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
    I guess that guy knew how close to hysterics I really was, for he talk to me in a low soothing voice all the way to the hospital.
    Page 96
  13. jolt
    move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
    I had thought about turning ourselves in lots of times, but apparently the whole idea was a jolt to Dallas.
    Page 87
  14. keel
    one of the main longitudinal beams of the hull of a vessel
    You just keeled over from smoke inhalation and a little shock -- of course, that slap on the back didn't help much."
    Page 94
  15. plead
    appeal or request earnestly
    "Johnny," Dally said in a a pleading, high voice, using a tone I had never heard from him before.
    Page 89
Created on Wed Feb 29 04:44:07 EST 2012 (updated Wed Feb 29 05:04:36 EST 2012)

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