The Outsiders Vocabulary

Question 0

Rarely

Answer 0

1. uncommon, infrequent
2. You can’t see it everyday.

“He’s always happy-go-lucky and grinning, while Darry’s hard and firm and rarely grins at all.” -Ponyboy

Question 1

Content

Answer 1

1. satisfied with, pleased
2. satisfied with what one is or has.

“I wish they were more grey, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but. I have to be content with what I have.” -Ponyboy

Question 2

Loned

Answer 2

1. Went by oneself, went alone, solo
2. being alone, without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied.

“For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world that did. So I loned it” -Ponyboy

Question 3

Asset

Answer 3

1. Worth; of value
2. a useful and desirable thing or quality.

“Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blast for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next” -Ponyboy

Question 4

Slouched

Answer 4

1. to sit or stand in a drooping (over) manner.
2. Not sitting or standing straight.

“I automatically hitched my thumbs in my jean and slouched, wondering if I could get away if I made a break for it.” -Ponyboy

Question 5

Madras

Answer 5

1. Cotton fabric cloth, usually bright colored.
2. Multicolored plaid or stripes, used for shirts, dresses, jackets, etc.

“He had on a madras shirt” -Ponyboy

Question 6

Cowlick

Answer 6

1. tuft of hair growing in a different direction.
2. A growing hair out of the direction.

“He has dark brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick
In the back-just like dad’s-but Darry’s eyes are his own” -Ponyboy

Question 7

Quivering

Answer 7

1. Trembling, shaking, tremulous
2. to shake with a slight but rapid motion.

“I drew a quivering breath and quit crying”

Question 8

Complicated

Answer 8

1. Involved, complex, hard to understand.
2. composed of elaborately interconnected.

“Steve was carefully combing back his hair in complicated swirls.”

Question 9

Sarcasm

Answer 9

1. A bitter cutting jest, cutting remark.
2. Harsh bitter derision.

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Question 10

Incredulous

Answer 10

1. Unbelieving.
2. Indisposed to believe.

““She gave him an incredulous look; and then she threw her Coke in his face.”

Question 11

Nonchalantly

Answer 11

1. Indifferently, no matter which way its done.
2. You can do it any way you want.

“Okay,” I said nonchalantly, “might as well.”

Question 12

Sophisticated.

Answer 12

1. Cultured, worldly.
2. so as to be worldly-wise, not naive

“We’re sophisticated—cool to the point of not feeling anything. Nothing is real with us”

Question 13

Elite

Answer 13

1. A select body, the best, top of the top.
2. The 1st honor, the best one.

“And,” Two-Bit added grimly, “a few other of the socially elite checkered-shirt set”

Question 14

Resignedly

Answer 14

1. giving up and accepting the future.
2. Everything is Acceptable.

“Well,” Cherry said resignedly, “they’ve spotted us.”

Question 15

Unceasingly.

Answer 15

1. continous, not ceasing, not stopping.
2. No stopping.

“My teeth chattered unceasingly and I couldn’t stop them.”

Question 16

Bootlegging

Answer 16

1. illegal action of selling alcohol where not legally permitted.
2. Selling alcohol that is not legally permitted.

“Buck raised a few quarter horses, and made most of his money on fixed races and a little bootlegging.”

Question 17

Apprehensive

Answer 17

1. scornful, insolent, to be concerned or worried.
2. Worried

“Buck glared at me for a second, then stumbled off. He was pretty well crocked, which made me apprehensive”

Question 18

Contemptuously

Answer 18

1. Afraid, suspicious
2. Suspiciously afraid

“Oh, shoot, kid”—Dally glanced contemptuously over his shoulder—“I was in the bedroom”

Question 19

Winced

Answer 19

1. to recoil from pain, to jump back with pain.
2. Winced in pain.

“Johnny’s eyes went round and he winced as though I’d belted him.”