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The Outsiders Vocabulary

Chapter 3

gallantlyO Adverb of the word gallant which means:

 Courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous.

O Flirtatious. O Two-Bit gallantlyO walked the ladiesO home so they would be safe.

Sophisticated

O(Adj) Having acquired worldly knowledge or refinement; very complex or complicated

winced Past participle tense of the verb “wince.”O Give a slight involuntary grimace

or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress

O Sentence: The sound of fingernails scratching the chalk board makes me wince in pain.

Aloofness

O(adv.): at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest.

Impersonally

O(Adj.): not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person

BuckskinO(n) Buckskin is a hair coat

color of horses; referring to a color that resembles certain shades of tanned deerskin.

Ornery

O(Adj.): ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper

Resignedly O (Adv): submissive or

acquiescent.OWillingly accepting

something without protesting.

Soused

O (v) slang - to make intoxicated

dumbfoundedO Past participle tense of the verb

dumbfound,O Greatly astonish or amaze. O Sentence: They were dumbfounded

by the foolish words he said.