The document defines 20 vocabulary words: madras, cowlick, unfathomable, savvy, aloof, ornery, resignedly, ruefully, hermit, premonition, reluctantly, sullen, eluded, imploringly, gallant, indignant, testify, jolt, keeled, and inhalation. It provides a short definition or example sentence for each word to explain its meaning.

1. Outsiders Vocab 1 Austin Yoo

2. Madras a strong, fine-textured cotton fabric My mom made me a quilt out of madras .

3. Cowlick a lock of hair that grows in a direction different from the rest Bob had a cowlick right before his date.

4. Unfathomable incomprehensible Her mind is unfathomable .

5. Savvy shrewdness and practical knowledge My dad is a savvy person.

6. Aloof not friendly or forthcoming Him and his gang are aloof .

7. Impersonally not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings

8. Ornery bad-tempered and combative Bill’s dog is very ornery on walks.

9. Resignedly in a hopeless resigned manner He sat down resignedly .

10. Ruefully expressing sorrow or regret, esp. when in a slightly humorous way In the book Two Bit is very rueful .

11. Hermit a person living in solitude as a religious discipline People who are socially instable tend to become hermit .

12. Premonition a strong feeling that something is about to happen, esp. something unpleasant I have a premonition that we are going to have a quiz every class.

13. Reluctantly unwilling and hesitant Teenagers are very reluctant .

14. Sullen bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy Bill is very sullen these days.

15. Eluded evade or escape from danger typically in a skillful or cunning way Good football players have to elude .

16. Imploringly beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something I imploringly asked Frank to work.

17. Gallant brave, heroic Superman is very gallant .

18. Indignant feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment I was indignant when we had homework over the break.

19. Testify give evidence as a witness in a law court I had to testify for my best friend.

20. Jolt push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly I jolted a pepsi can and it popped.

21. Keeled the longitudinal structure along the centerline at the bottom of a vessel’s hull, on which the rest of the hull is built Not all boats have keels .

22. Inhalation the action of inhaling or breathing in I inhaled glue and it feels awful.