Outsiders Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 2. distract; turn away from
  2. 6. mental numbness; daze; lessening of sensibility
  3. 8. how the character is described and how the author reveals him or her to the reader
  4. 9. talk indistinctly, usually in a low voice
  5. 10. essential; necessary for life
  6. 13. eat or drink with greediness
  7. 16. not fully awake
  8. 17. long benches with backs, usually used in churches by congregations
  9. 20. wandering of the mind usually accompanied by talking nonsense
  10. 21. to burn slowly without a flame
  11. 22. a person whose ideas or actions are considered harmful or dangerous
  12. 24. in a wise way
  13. 27. gloomy; somber
  14. 32. beg someone desperately
  15. 34. feeling of regret or sorrow for offenses or sins
  16. 35. something of value
  17. 36. swerve
  18. 38. competition
  19. 40. the main problem or struggle
  20. 41. not clear; lack of understanding
  21. 42. suspicious or wary
  22. 43. cause to be confused emotionally
  23. 44. when the author tells about an event that happened prior to the current setting
  24. 48. to breathe into the lungs
  25. 50. when the author uses something to represent something else
  26. 52. not friendly; cool and distant
  27. 54. strong belief
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  1. 1. when the author gives hints based on word choice, connotation, or tone as to what will happen next
  2. 3. disgusted; anger with disregard
  3. 4. understand; absorb
  4. 5. wince; recoil; pull back
  5. 7. speak in a hesitant or unsteady voice; start to lose strength or momentum
  6. 11. disbelieving; doubting
  7. 12. a fear or dread of possible harm of evil
  8. 14. carefully
  9. 15. worship; regard with great adoration
  10. 18. escape; avoid
  11. 19. in a casually, unconcerned manner
  12. 21. meanness or nastiness
  13. 23. struck with overwhelming shock or amazement
  14. 25. declared not guilty
  15. 26. the condition of being superior or better than
  16. 28. mischievously; impishly
  17. 29. immense; of a very great area or extent
  18. 30. to speak with involuntary pauses with a tendency to repeat initial letters of words
  19. 31. acting according to social standards or practices; compliance
  20. 33. severe; extreme; intense
  21. 37. unwillingly; struggle against
  22. 39. without hope or encouragement
  23. 45. sit or stand in a lazy, drooping way
  24. 46. not able to be understood
  25. 47. dressed
  26. 49. short essay
  27. 51. imitating or copying action, speech, etc.
  28. 53. to conform or accept without objection