Transcript Vocab 23

Leery - cautious
You have to be leery in this neighborhood.
Conformity – going along with the bandwagon
• Don’t just conform to what the popular kids are doing.
• Most artists like to be eccentric. They hate conformity.
Contempt – hatred
•I have contempt for bad referees.
Detached – unemotional
•He stared straight ahead with a detached
look on his face.
Editorial – Opinion section in newspaper
• Only the editorial section of the newspaper can include
opinions.
Agony – Terrible pain
•I was in agony when I got a brain freeze.
Stupor – condition of being dazed and “out of it”
• After the rollercoaster, I felt like I was in a stupor.
Bewildered – Shocked and confused
• I was bewildered when my friend jumped out at
me and yelled, “Lalallalalala!”
Liable – at risk
•That tightrope walker is liable to fall!
Quiver – to tremble or shake
•I was quivering from the cold.
Notes
• Work on summaries
• Figurative language: 114.25, 106.7 105.9, 95.7
• Characters: Ponyboy, Soda, Darry, Two-Bit, Steve, Johnny, Dally,
Randy, Bob, Cherry
• Theme page. (What themes do you see and why?)