Vocabulary Notebook: The Outsiders, Chapters 1-3

Directions: Assign everyone in your group a role–Person 1, Person 2, Person 3, and Person 4. Once everyone has a role, complete the table below
according to the color of your role. IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF THREE, SPLIT THE WORK OF PERSON 4 BETWEEN THE THREE OF
YOU!!!!!!!

Role Group Member’s Name

Person 1 Janariah

Person 2 Kylee

Person 3 Nikambria

Person 4 Davontaye

Word & Translation Picture/Image Definition Source Sentence Original Sentence

Disgrace A state of dishonor Not like the Socs, who…get
editorials in the paper for
being a public disgrace one
day and an asset to society
the next.
Many feel that the mayor
has brought disgrace
upon the town.

Madras A light patterned cotton cloth He had a madra on his shirt.

The shirt is a large silk
cotton kerchief usually of
bright colors.
Muttered Talk indistinctly; usually in a I heard a muttered curse The girl muttered to the
low voice and got slugged again… boy so nobody could hear.

Cowlick He has dark-brown hair that He has light brown hair at

A tuft of hair that grows in a kicks out in front and a the front and black hair at
different direction slight cowlick in the back… the back

Reckless Marked by defiant disregard
for danger or consequences
He’s not as tall as Darry, He is wild and a reckless
and he’s a little slimmer, man
but he has a finely drawn,
sensitive face that
somehow managers to be
reckless and thoughtful at
the same time.

Bawl To cry loudly I looked away hurriedly, The lone kitten in the
because, if you want to street bawled for its
know the truth, I was mother.
starting to bawl.
Quivering Quivering means trembling I drew a quivering breath The girl quivered in fear
and quit crying. as she stood behind the
tree, hiding from the
rabid dog.

Unfathomable Impossible to come to He liked fights, blondes The thought of my dog

understand. and for some dying is unfathomable.
unfathomable reason,
school.

Rarities Noteworthy scarcity In New York, Dally blew off My little cousin cried
steam in gang fights, but when I told her of the
here, organized gangs are rarities of seeing a polar
rarities. bear here in the south.

Savvy Marked by practical “It’s because you’re the The savvy mule refused to
hardheaded intelligence baby- I mean,he loves you pull the wagon.
a lot. Savvy?”
Roguishly Like a dishonest rogue Dally grinned roguishly. The clown in the haunted
house stared at me
roguishly.

Winced Draw back; as with fear or I winced inside. The pain of the bee sting
pain caused me to wince.

Incredulous Incredulous means unwilling She gave him an I gave an incredulous

or someone not able to incredulous look; and then glance at the land before
believe something she threw her Coke in his me from the airplane.
face.

Scowled Scowled means angry or in a Dallas scowled for a second. My mother scolded me for
bad mood getting a bad grade in
school.

Nonchalantly Nonchalantly means casually “Okay,” I said She nonchalantly glanced

nonchalantly, “might as our way
well.”
Scatterbrained Scatterbrained means not He’s kind of At school, I was
concentrating scatterbrained. scatterbrained because I
had only had 5 hours of
sleep the night before.

Shanghai(ing) Shanghaiing means drug “We’re really Arabian slave The assassin planned to
traders and and we’re Shanghai the target.
thinking about shanghaiing
them.”

Heaters Heaters means a gun So are chains and heaters

and pool sticks and
rumbles.

Gallantly In a heroic or brave manner Two-Bit gallantly offered to The soldier gallantly
walk them home. jumped from the trench
amidst the bullets.

Aloofness a disposition to be distant Socs were always behind The big man always had
and unsympathetic in a wall of aloofness, careful aloofness, he displays
manner not to let their real selves toughness everywhere he
show through. goes.
Ornery Mickey Mouse was a
dark-gold buckskin, sassy
and ornery, not much more
than a colt.

Elite “...a few other of the socially

elite checkered-shirt set.”

Dumfounded “No...” Two-Bit said,

dumb-founded,.

Cunning Dally - wild, cunning, Dally

- turning into a hoodlum
because he’d die if he
didn’t...