"The Outsiders" Vocabulary by Ms. Gwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet legal, impatient, tone, rouge, hoodlum, incredulous, defensive, finality, smothered, lecture, aloofness, shift, bleakly, grimly, elite, wince, reeling, desperately, heave, apprehension en-us 2013-08-25 01:18:41 UTC 2024-01-31 16:33:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://images.booksense.com/images/724/385/9780140385724.jpg "madras" = plaid rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2846958628 madras (adjective or noun) -- preppy plaid

]]> 2024-01-12 14:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2846958628 "cooler" means jail or prison rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2847151544 "cooler" is another word for jail that implies the cooler is a place for arrested people to "cool off" Ponyboy is referring to Dallas and the time he spent in the "cooler"

]]> 2024-01-12 16:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2847151544 tough vs. tuff (Gwynne) rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2847153506 Ponyboy discusses the difference between the words "tough" and "tuff"

tough -- rough

tuff -- cool or sharp-looking

]]> 2024-01-12 16:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2847153506 "to lift" = to steal rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2847157755 Ponyboy says that Steve (Sodapop's best friend) can "lift" a hubcap off a car. In this context, "lift" means to steal or take without asking

]]> 2024-01-12 17:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2847157755 defensively (adverb) to say something or act in a defensive manner rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2854990517 (adverb) a way intended to challenge or avoid criticism

]]> 2024-01-19 17:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2854990517 bleak (adjective) hopeless, despressing rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2858623102 bleak when used to describe a setting means more like "depressing" but when used as an adverb (in the novel) it means "without hope"

]]> 2024-01-23 13:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2858623102 reeling (adjective) quickly turning or whirling; spinning around with speed rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2858639578 "You call reeling and passing out in the streets a little?..." (Cherry to Bob about being drunk at the movie)

]]> 2024-01-23 13:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2858639578 aloofness (noun) : a disposition (a personality) that leads someone to be distant or not sympathetic rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2858943097 His aloofness at the funeral creeped me out.

]]> 2024-01-23 17:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2858943097 pleading ( noun ) ANH P1 https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861680355 '' pleading'' making an emotional or earnest appeal to someone

]]> 2024-01-25 13:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861680355 T-bird- Short for the car thunder bird (JS p1) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861684474 2024-01-25 14:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861684474 fuzz (noun) : a slang term for the police (IR P1) rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861684743

This was a 1960's hippy expression and it referred to hair or lack of it. Hippies or GREASERS had long hair. By comparison, policemen had only fuzz.

]]> 2024-01-25 14:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861684743 subside (verb) (AM) P1 https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861695347 to sink or fall to the bottom

]]> 2024-01-25 14:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861695347 Bewilderment (noun) -Being Confused, feeling perplexed (AT P1) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861695593

]]> 2024-01-25 14:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861695593 Ch. 5-6 VOCABULARY WORDS rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861699094

  • reluctant -- 78

  • imploringly -- p. 79

  • subside (p. 85) (v)

  • bewilderment (n)96

  • detached  (during fire)

  • elude (v) 84

  • dimly (adverb) 99

  • survey (v)

    • ]]>     2024-01-25 14:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861699094     imploring (adverb) :to show someone that you want to do something or not to do something (ddr p1 https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861700013 2024-01-25 14:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861700013 blasted (adjective) used to express annoyance (EM p1) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861703874 "they don't. Blast it johnny, what do they matter?"

    ]]>     2024-01-25 14:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861703874     pansy-(noun):a weak or effeminate person, used as a form of abuse(BS P1) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861705283 2024-01-25 14:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861705283 Contemptuously(adverb)(KP) kpee8138 https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861707186 in a scornful way that shows disdain.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 14:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861707186     Dimly (adverb) (RF P3) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861879912 with faint/little light not brightly.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 16:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861879912     Detached (Adjective) (BA-P3) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861938916 Separate or Disconnected.


    (Synonyms- Aloof,apart,Departed)

    ]]>     2024-01-25 16:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861938916     Survey (v) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861939122 (of a person or their eyes) look carefully and thoroughly at (someone or something), especially so as to appraise them. (KM)

    ]]>     2024-01-25 16:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861939122     survey https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861940517 A person or their eyes looking carefully or thoroughly at someone or something.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 16:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861940517     inhalation (n): the action of inhaling or breathing in. (AL 3) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861942596 "You just keeled over from smoke inhalation and a little shock -- of course, that slap on the back didn't help much."

    ]]>     2024-01-25 16:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861942596     promptly https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861943087 with little or no delay; immediately.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 16:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861943087     clobbered (verb) when pony boy describe Dallas Because he knocks everyone out https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861944580 2024-01-25 16:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861944580 beefed-(verb):The use of the term "beef" as a slang term for a fight or disagreement. https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861945066 'if something beefed him, he didn't keep quiet about it...'

    ]]>     2024-01-25 16:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861945066     stammered (verb) pg:105 https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861946945 ¨To speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sound¨.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 16:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861946945     Husky (adjective): burly and compact in physique. (AL 3) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861948194 2024-01-25 16:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861948194 hysterics (noun): a wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction (RG 3) rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861949738 hysteria (n) irrationality

    Examples of mass hysteria are: The Salem Witch Trials: In this, some 300 people had to go through a series of trials and executions based on false allegations regarding the practice of witchcraft.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 17:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861949738     subside verb:to sink to a low or lower level. https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861949894 2024-01-25 17:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861949894 bewilderment(noun)(JFG p3) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861951028 Being confused or feeling lost.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 17:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861951028     Doggededly (adverb): in a manner that shows tenacity and grim persistence. (AL 3) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861953088 2024-01-25 17:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861953088 Elude ¨evade¨ https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861954374 vade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.

    "he managed to elude his pursuers by escaping into an alley"

    ]]>     2024-01-25 17:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861954374     keel (verb):(of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize. (AL 3) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861956559 You just keeled over from smoke inhalation and a little shock -- of course, that slap on the back didn't help much.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 17:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861956559     Nonchalant (adj) (AMH 3) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861957908 careless about anything and calm always,relaxed

    ]]>     2024-01-25 17:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2861957908     Russell period 4 https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862049944 gagged means (v) choked

    ]]>     2024-01-25 18:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862049944     jolt means push or shake (TJ 4) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862121385 2024-01-25 19:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862121385 Scowling (v) frown in an angry or bad-tempered way [AVV4] https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862126216 2024-01-25 19:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862126216 Heater (pistol) CT(4) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862126403 heater [Slang] a pistol. indignant feeling or expressing anger or scorn, especially at unjust, mean, or ungrateful action or treatment.

    ]]>     2024-01-25 19:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862126403     Hysterics= crazy (TJ 4) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862126677 2024-01-25 19:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862126677 "Jockey" (verb): struggle by every available means to gain or achieve something https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862126799 2024-01-25 19:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862126799 scowl (n) : an angry or bad-tempered expression. [AM4] syn: a grimace rcgwynne https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862127249 2024-01-25 19:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862127249 Freight- goods carried by a large vehicle (Azl p.4) https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862127581
    ¨I left out the part about the gun and our hitching a ride in the freight car¨



    ]]>     2024-01-25 19:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862127581     Grimly: in a very serious, gloomy, or depressing manner. G.C.Q https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862128575 2024-01-25 19:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rcgwynne/TheOutsidersPadlet/wish/2862128575