The Ousiders - CH. 1-4

Ms. Wiebe (United States of America)
Vocabulary for "The Outsiders"
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  1. ruefully
    in a manner expressing pain or sorrow
  2. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  3. smoldering
    showing scarcely suppressed anger
  4. finality
    the quality of being definitely settled
  5. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  6. ornery
    having a difficult and contrary disposition
  7. impersonally
    without warmth
  8. elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior status
  9. resignedly
    with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner
  10. incredulously
    in a disbelieving manner
  11. roguishly
    like a dishonest rogue
  12. nonchalantly
    in a composed and unconcerned manner
  13. bickering
    a quarrel about petty points
  14. stricken
    grievously affected especially by disease
  15. savvy
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  16. lope
    run easily
  17. cowlick
    a tuft of hair in a different direction from the rest
  18. rarity
    something unusual, maybe worthy of collecting
  19. unfathomable
    impossible to come to understand
Created on Wed May 22 00:51:19 EDT 2013 (updated Tue May 28 09:49:42 EDT 2013)

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