Outsiders Vocabulary/Spelling Receive September 6/7. Test September 14/15.
Chapters 1 and 2
- conscious
- sympathetic
- savvy
- rebellious
- suspicious
- acquire
- unfathomable
- incredulous
conscious -- having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts [con scious]
I remembered Johnny—his face all cut up and bruised, and I remembered how he had cried when we found him, half- conscious, in the corner lot.
sympathetic -- expressing compassion or friendly fellow-feelings (feeling with someone else). [sym path et ic]
the feeling that you care about and are sorry about someone else's trouble, grief, misfortune, etc.
His eyes are dark brown—lively, dancing, recklessly laughing eyes that can be gentle and sympathetic one moment and blazing with anger the next.
savvy -- get the meaning of something [sav vy]
rebellious -- resisting control or authority [re bell ious]
Living in those conditions might have turned someone else rebellious and bitter; it was killing Johnny.
The adjective "rebellious" comes from the Latin verb "bellare" which means "to make war." Because Johnny is not rebellious, even though his parents make war on him, everyone in the gang takes extra care to make him feel like he's their beloved kid brother.
suspicious -- openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [sus pic ious]
He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and that beating he got from the Socs didn’t help matters.
He was famous for shoplifting and his black-handled switchblade (which he couldn’t have acquired without his first talent), and he was always smarting off to the cops.
unfathomable -- impossible to come to understand [un fathom able]
He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school.
incredulous -- not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
[in cred u lous]
She gave him an incredulous look; and then she threw her Coke in his face.
