Name: The Outsiders Vocabulary Week 3

Name: ______________________________ The Outsiders Vocabulary Week 3 1. Acquitted: (v.) To free or clear from a charge or

accusation. To release or discharge from a duty. 2. Aghast: (adj.) Struck by shock, terror or amazement. 3. Conviction: (n.) The judgment of a jury or judge that a

person is guilty of a crime as charged. Being found guilty. 4. Delinquent: (n.) A person who neglects or fails to do

what the law or duty requires. 5. Delirious: (adj.) Of or suffering from delusion.

Uncontrolled excitement or emotion. 6. Faltered: (v.) To be unsteady in purpose or action, as

from loss in courage or confidence. To waver. 7. Imploring: (v.) To appeal to in supplication; to beg. 8. Manslaughter: (n.) The unlawful killing of one human

by another without express or implied intent to do injury. 9. Racking: (v.) To cause great physical or mental

suffering to. 10. Recurring: (v.) To happen, come up or show up again and again. Repeatedly.