Week 31-The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton- Chapters 7-9

Mrs. Bihn (United States of America)
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  1. critical
    of a serious examination and judgment of something
  2. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  3. delinquent
    a young offender
  4. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  5. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  6. abruptly
    quickly and without warning
  7. divert
    turn aside; turn away from
  8. doggedly
    with obstinate determination
  9. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
  10. superiority
    the quality of being better than someone or something
  11. amplify
    increase the volume of
  12. agony
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  13. ruefully
    in a manner expressing pain or sorrow
  14. leery
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  15. pity
    a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for misfortunes of others
Created on Fri Oct 25 18:28:53 EDT 2013 (updated Mon May 09 00:31:35 EDT 2016)

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