O.+The+Outsiders+Vocabulary+1

Maggie 10-20-09   Outsiders Vocabulary #1 All definitions from [].
 * Cunning ** : (adj.) devious, artful; Two-Bit; Two-Bit swipes things from stores in a very cunning way.
 * Hysterics ** : (noun) a state of extreme upset, agitation; Darry; Ponyboy thinks that Darry is always in hysterics because he doesn’t use his head.
 * Reluctantly**: (adverb) under protest, hesitantly; Greasers-movies; The Greasers only reluctantly go to the movies with Ponyboy.
 * Resignation**: (noun) relinquishment of responsibility, giving up; Dally; Dally had given in to resignation a long time ago, because he had gotten arrested for the first time at age ten, and many times thereafter.
 * Dumfounded ** : (adj.) astounded, confused, aghast; Ponyboy; When the Socs took out a blade on Ponyboy, he was dumbfounded.
 * Nonchalant**: (adj.) easygoing, laid back; Soda; Soda takes on life in a nonchalant way; he is always happy, and grinning.
 * Codependent**: (adj.) unhealthy psychological reliance of one person on another; Ponyboy-Soda; Ponyboy is codependent on Soda, because he always needs him there when Darry screams at him.
 * Vital**: (adj.) essential, critical; Ponyboy-Greasers; It was vital that the Greasers saved Ponyboy from the Socs, otherwise he might have been badly hurt.