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