Outsiders Vocab
Feeling anger toward someone. Feeling that someone is worthless.
Contempt
A look of pain or disgust.
Grimacing
Suspicious or distrustful of someone or something.
Leery
Pony doesn't want Johnny to cut his hair because:
Long hair is the Greaser's trademark.
When the newspaper comes out the next morning, Pony:
Finds out there will be a hearing and he might have to go to a boys' home.
Having no motion. Being at rest.
Static
To keep in or hold back.
Stifled
To make fun of someone or something.
Mock
The poem that Ponyboy recited to Johnny, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," was written by:
Robert Frost
Randy won't be in the rumble because he:
Is sick of fighting.
Struck with amazement or horror.
Aghast
To be found guilty, or charged with something.
Conviction
To be stubborn. To not give in easily.
Doggedly
Johnny sees Dally as gallant because:
Dally took the blame for something Two-Bit did.
After Pony talks to Randy, he:
Begins to see Randy as a real person, not just a Soc.
To avoid or escape someone or something.
Eluded
Color, especially a tint or shade.
Hue
To ask or find out about something.
Imploringly
Johnny tells Dally that:
He's going to turn himself in.
Johnny sees that he's not ready to die because:
There's a lot he has not seen or done.
Filled with anger.
Indignant
Dismal, gloomy, silent, sad.
Sullenly
Expressing longing or yearning.
Wistfully
While Pony waits at the hospital, and Soda and Darry come in:
Pony finally realizes that Darry does care about him.
When Dally visited Ponyboy and Johnny, he brought a letter from:
Sodapop