The Outsiders Vocabulary: Chapters 1-5

There's an old __________________ church on top of Jay Mountain.

abandoned

He was pretty well crocked, which made me ___________________________.

apprehensive

Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an _______________ to society the next.

assett

reeling

You call ____________________ and passing out in the streets 'a little?

sprawled

I returned it carefully, then darted out the door so fast that I fell off the steps and ___________________ flat under Johnny's nose.

sullenly
(suffix ly - in a certain way)

Ex: a picture of someone acting _____________________ will be slumped in a chair, arms crossed, and sighing a lot.

transplanted
(trans - across/beyond)

It seemed to me that I had always lived in the church, or maybe lived during the Civil War and had somehow got ______________________.

unceasingly
(prefix un - not)
(cease - stop)

My teeth chattered ________________________ and I couldn't stop them.

unfathomable
(suffix able - capable of)

He liked fights, blondes, and for some ________________________ reason, school.

vague

Ex: when something is _______________, it's unclear, murky, and hard to understand

abandoned

forsaken by owner or inhabitants, to leave behind or give up

apprehensive

in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

asset

a useful or valuable quality

reeling

a staggering or swaying motion

sprawled

sit or lie with one's limbs spread out

sullenly
(suffix ly - in a certain way)

acting in a way that seems gloomy or dissatisfied

transplanted
(trans - across/beyond)

transfer one place or period to another

unceasingly
(prefix un - not)
(cease - stop)

without stopping

unfathomable
(suffix able - capable of)

impossible to understand

vague

lacking clarity or distinctness, unclear and hard to understand