Outsiders Vocab

3. a way of speaking in which the speaker draws out the vowels sounds and pronounces words slowly
5. a variety of color tint
6. a type of fabric used for clothes
7. removed or distant in interest or feeling
10. to become perplexed and confused
12. to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc, often playfully or derisively
13. a written composition, a document
16. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
17. not clearly expressed or explicitly stated
19. An act remarkable for brilliance or daring; a bold deed
20. to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat

1. an extremely wicked person
2. mean-spirited, disagreeable and contrary deposition, cantankerous
4. to compound briefly and to usually act with astonishment
8. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary. cowlick a lock of hair growing in a different direction from the rest of the hair
9. a feeling of anticipation or of anxiety over a future event
11. to regard with blind adoration
14. to burn without flame, undergo slow or suppressed combustion
15. a distinction mark or feature particularly characteristic of or identified with a person or thing
16. knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something
18. sudden or unexpected
21. dazed or weakened