The Outsiders Vocabulary Directions: Below is a list of the vocabulary words from each chapter of the novel. Try to figure out the meanings by context in the story before looking them up. Chapter 1 resemblance (123) disgrace (page 3) divert (125) madras(5) doggedly (127) muttered (5) cowlick (6) Chapter 5 reckless (7) groggy (69) bawl (8) reluctantly (71) quivering (9) imploringly (72) unfathomable (10) sullenly (73) rarities (11) quavering (74) Chapter 9 savvy(17) eluded (78) mortal (134) vital (80) grimacing (134) Chapter 2 indignant (80) affectionately (135) roguishly (22) hauled (81) superiority (135) winced (23) menace (136) incredulous (24) Chapter 6 conformity (137) scowled (24) surveyed (86) stifled (137) nonchalantly (25) bewilderment (88) leery (139) scatterbrained (27) conviction (89) contempt (142) shanghai(ing) (28) tangle (89) contracted (149) heaters (29) hesitation (90) agony (149) defeated (92) Chapter 10 Chapter 3 plasma (95) stupor (150) gallantly (37) hysterics (96) vaguely (153) aloofness(38) concussion (156) ornery (39) Chapter 7 delirious (157) elite (41) mimicking (100) clad (158) dumfounded (42) radiates (101) Chapter 11 cunning (43) bleak (103) idolized (162) drawled (106) cocky (162) Chapter 4 cocksure (109) remark (164) unceasingly (56) recurring (110) liable (165) apprehensive (59) aghast (112) Chapter 12 defiance (59) exploits (113) flinching (168) ruefully (60) contemptuously (115) acquitted (168) reformatory (65) composition (169) premonition (67) Chapter 8 roundabout (170) numbly (119) corny (172) faltered (121) veered (175) vast (179)