The Giver Flashcards

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Define contorted

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Twisted in a violent manner

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2
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Define emphatically

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Forceful; insistent

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3
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Define Exquisite

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Extraordinary fine or admirable

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4
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Define Annex

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An addition to a building

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5
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Define apprehensive

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Quick to understand

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6
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Define ritual

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A practice of pattern of behavior regularly preformed

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7
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Define aptitude

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Talent or ability

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8
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Define chastise

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To discipline

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9
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Define disquieting

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Causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing

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10
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Define regulated

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To control or direct by a rule

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11
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Define relinquish

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To surrender a possession, right, ect

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12
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Define prestige

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Reputation

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13
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Define crescendo

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A steady increase in loudness or force

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14
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Define benign

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Showing expressive of gentleness or kindness

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15
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Define reprieve

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A respite form impending punishment

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16
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Define relish

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Pleasurable appreciation of anything

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17
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Define requisition

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The demand for something to be done, given,supplied

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18
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Define integral

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Necessary to the completeness of the whole

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19
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Define conspicuous

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Attracting special intention as by outstanding qualities are eccentricities

20
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Define exhilarating

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Cheerful are Merry

21
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Define obsolete

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No longer in use especially out of use for at least the past century

22
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Define capacity

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Actual or potential to perform, yield,or withstand

23
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Define mutilated

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Chop up or destroy

24
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Define skeptically

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Having doubt

25
Define permeated
Saturate, to be diffuse through
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Define warily
In a wary manner
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Define self possessed
Having or showing control of one's feelings, behaviors, etc.
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Define access
The ability to have the knowledge of something
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Define solace
Comfort
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Define transgression
A violation of a law
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Define haphazard
By irregularity or by randomness
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Define Meager
Deficient in quality or quantity; lacking fullness are richness; in adequate supplies
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Define makeshift
A temporary expedient or substitute
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Define impeded
To retard in movement our progress by means of obstacles or hindrances
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Define Summit
The highest point our part, as of the hill, or any object
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Define Euphemism
A word that covers up the real meaning
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Define meticulously
Taking our showing extreme care about minute details; thorough
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Define solemn
Formal and dignified
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Define carnage
The killing of a large number of people
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Define foliage
Leafy bushes
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What is ironic about his father being considered a gentleman
He kill lives of innocent newborn without knowing it
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How is honor different from power
Honor means that people look up to you and power means that you have the power to do theme song
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What did the quotation about our honor and power for shadow
It's for saddle that just because you have power did not pick mean that you have on for shadowing that the society might not be as loyal to the people think they are
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What are the reasons stated why the community has a eliminated it snows and hills
Snow can kill crops , Hills are Unecessary
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What does a snowflake symbolize
It symbolized being different with the society does not allow
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What can a river symbolize?
It symbolizes life always moving and flowing
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What is symbolic about the Apple
It symbolizes forbidden knowledge