The Outsiders Vocabulary
Across
- 1. a literary device in which the author includes a scene that occurred before the "present moment" of the text
- 4. a feeling that something bad is about to happen
- 5. disbelieving
- 8. certainty, a deeply held belief
- 11. unconcerned about the consequences of an action; acting without caution
- 13. to become less intense, to settle down
- 14. a feeling of resentment based on something that happened in the past
- 15. a feeling of sorrow or compassion for someone's troubles
- 17. having a tendency to be guided by grand, possibly unrealistic, ideas of perfection
- 18. not showing interest or concern; distant and unfriendly
- 19. to avoid or escape
Down
- 2. having a great deal of knowledge and experience of the world and culture
- 3. to fit in or match to one's society
- 6. a narrow, exclusive group of people with shared interests or other features in common
- 7. looking down on someone/thing; scornful
- 9. enormous, expansive
- 10. confusion
- 12. easily affected, influenced, or harmed by something
- 16. brave, heroic, noble