The Outsiders Vocabulary Definitions
1. hot: (a) recently stolen; (b) refers to something really cool
2. blast: event that was a lot of fun;
3. drag: (a) pull along the ground; (b) dull or boring situation or
person
4. lift: (a) steal; (b) raise; bring to a higher place
5. rumble: (a) rumble; (b) deep, heavy sound
6. nonchalant: casual
7. fiery: adj; hot, like a fire
8. roguish: behave like a scoundrel
9. scatterbrained: foolish behavior
10. law-abiding: follows the law
11. bicker: argue
12. gallantly: bravely
13. aloof: standoffish
14. ornery: mean-tempered
15. cunning: sly
16. resignedly: unresistingly
17. territory: tract of land; district
18. unceasingly: endlessly
19. bootlegging: selling something illegally
20. apprehension: uneasiness; fear
21. self-preservation: keeping oneself from harm or injury
22. contemptuously: showing a hateful disrespectful expression
23. groggy: dazed from exhaustion or blows
24. reformatory: penal institution to reform young offenders
25. reluctantly: hesitantly
26. eluded: escaped from
27. sullen: showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
28. vital: necessary
29. imploring: to beg urgently
30. doggedly: persistently
31. conviction: belief
32. detached: separated; not involved or concerned
33. timber: wood
34. plasma: blood
35. unhealthy: not healthy
36. demanding: vb; ask with authority; claim as due or just
37. eagerly: adj; marked by urgent enthusiastic desire or interest
38. attracted: vb; to draw to or toward oneself
39. joyous: adj; filled with joy