The Outsiders (Chapter 9)

Brett W.
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  1. spruced up
    dressed in fancy or formal clothing
    Me and Soda and Darry always got spruced up before a rumble.
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  2. interfere
    come between so as to be a hindrance or obstacle
    It was a chilly night and T-shirts aren't the warmest clothes in the world, but nobody gets cold in a rumble, and besides, jackets interfere with your swinging ability.
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  3. pipe up
    utter a shrill cry
    He gave me one of those looks that hide what he's thinking, but Soda piped up: "He likes to show off his muscles."
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  4. digest
    convert food into absorbable substances
    I digested what Soda had said.
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  5. miniature
    a copy that reproduces a person or thing in reduced size
    Curly, who was a tough,cool, hard-as-nails Tim in miniature, and I had once played chicken by holding our cigarette ends against each other's fingers.
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  6. flesh
    the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate
    We had stood there, clenching our teeth and grimacing, with sweat pouring down our faces and the smell of burning flesh making us sick, each refusing to holler, until Tim happened to stroll by.
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  7. weary
    physically and mentally fatigued
    "It'll be ok," I said wearily.
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  8. mock
    treat with contempt
    Sodapop looked down at me with mock superiority, but Darry went on: "You can see he suss it for one thing - to grow hair on."
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  9. superiority
    the quality of being better than someone or something
    Sodapop looked down at me with mock superiority, but Darry went on: "You can see he suss it for one thing - to grow hair on."
    Page 135
  10. menace
    something that is a source of danger
    I am a menace to society.
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  11. snobbish
    tending to associate only with people of a similar background
    "Get thee hence, white trash," Two-Bit said in a snobbish voice.
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  12. conformity
    correspondence in form, type, or appearance
    Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity.
    Page 137
  13. stifled
    held in check or kept back with difficulty
    I stifled a giggle.
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  14. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    He was looking at Darry with an expression I couldn't quite place, but disliked. Contempt? Pity? Hatred? All three?
    Page 142
  15. fell
    cause to go down by or as if by delivering a blow
    Darry turned to see who it was, and Paul swung - a hard right to the jaw that would have felled anyone but Darry.
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Created on Mon Mar 12 07:35:59 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Mar 12 08:01:24 EDT 2012)

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