This document provides definitions for 6 vocabulary words found in Chapter 3 of The Outsiders: sophisticated, meaning having acquired worldly knowledge; aloofness, meaning at a distance in feeling or interest; impersonally, meaning without reference to a particular person; buckskin, referring to the skin of a male deer; ornery, meaning ugly and unpleasant in temper; and resignedly, meaning in a submissive or acquiescent manner.

1. The Outsiders
Vocabulary
Chapter 3

2. Sophisticated
O (Adj) Having acquired worldly
knowledge or refinement; very
complex or complicated

3. Aloofness
O (adv.): at a distance, esp. in
feeling or interest.

4. Impersonally
O (Adj.): not personal; without
reference or connection to a
particular person

5. Buckskin
O (n) The skin of a male deer.

6. Ornery
O (Adj.): ugly and unpleasant in
disposition or temper

7. Resignedly
O (Adv):
submissive or
acquiescent.

8. Soused
O (v) slang - to make intoxicated