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Outsiders
outsuders
Very cautiously or carefully. | gingerly |
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unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true. | incredulous |
To take into the mind or memory | Digested |
not being cable of fathom. | unfathomable |
Something useful in the effort to foil or defeat an enemy. | asset |
A mischievous person. | roguishly |
having an air of unconcern or indifference. | nonchalantly |
wise through reflection and experience. | Sagely |
One of two or more striving to obtain something that can only get possessed by one. | Rivalry |
Abiding by or obedient to the law. | Law-Abiding |
removed or distant either physically or emotionally | aloofness |
to anticipate especially with anxiety, dread, or fear | apprehensive |
manifesting, feeling, or expressing | contemptuous |
disposition to resist : willingness to contend or fight | defiance |
a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence | elite |
the smoldering remains of a fire | ember |
anticipation of an event without conscious reason | premonition |
to give up deliberately | resignedly |
affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fail | sheepishly |
having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience | sophisticated |
the act or process of convicting of a crime especially in a court of law | Conviction |
exhibiting an aloof objectivity usually free from prejudice or self-interes | Detached |
marked by stubborn determination | Doggedly |
to avoid adroitly | Elude |
gradation of color | Hue |
to call or pray for earnestly | Imploringly |
extremely trying on the nerves | Racking |
to let oneself settle down | Subside |
gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed | Sullenly |
full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy | Wistfully |
muscular strength | Brawn |
to go back in thought or discourse | Recurring |
to make productive use of | Exploit |
the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice | Manslaughter |
conduct by a juvenile characterized by antisocial behavior that is beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action | Delinquents |
to spread abroad or around as if from a center | Radiate |
to turn from one course or use to another | Divert |
to hesitate in purpose or action | Faltered |
an intense black | Jet |
overcome with shock and dismay | Aghast |
being covered or clothed | Clad |
correspondence in form, manner, or character | Conformity |
to bring on oneself especially inadvertently | Contract |
an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations | Delirious(Delirium) |
suspicious or wary of | Leery |
exciting pity or sympathy | Ruefully |
afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow | Stricken |
a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility | Stupor |
having no give or slack | Taut |
deprived through social or economic condition of some of the fundamental rights of all members of a civilized society | Underprivileged |