The Giver Vocab Flashcards by cam dzie | Brainscape

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Transgression

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Violate a law

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Wheedle

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To persuade someone to give you something

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Patriotic

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Love your country

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Intrigued

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Interested

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Ironic

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Happening in the opposite way it was expected

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Distraught

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Deeply upset or agitated

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Apprehensive

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Fearfully that something bad will happen

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Obediently

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To follow rules and do what you are told

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Palpable

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Able to be touched or felt, clear to mind or plain to see

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Chastisment

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Severe punishment

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Conviction

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Accused of doing something

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Infraction

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Violation of a law

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Petulantley

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Moved or showing sudden, irritation

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Bewildered

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Confused

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Remorse

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Regret

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Interdependence

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Two people are dependent on eachother

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Reprieve

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Postponing death

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Relinquish

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Give up

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Exuberant

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Very happy

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Infringed

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Break the terms of the law

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Scrupulous

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Carefull,very concerned to avoid doing wrong

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Meticulously

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Show great attention to detail

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Prestige

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A good reputation or high esteem

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Acquisition

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The learning or development of a skill

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Avert

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Look away

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Benign

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Gently, kindly

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Anguish

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Severe mental punishment

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Indolence

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Lazy

Brett fails at everything because of his indolence

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Integrity

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Honesty

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Capacity

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The limit, how much it can hold

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Integral

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The part that is needed for it to work

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Conpicuous

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Attracting notice or attention

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Exempted

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Free from a liability or obligation

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Conveyance

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Processing something from one place to another

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Prohibited

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Not allowed

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Exhilarating

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Making one feel happy, thrilling

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Fleeting

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Running

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Horde

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Group of something

Zombie horde

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Realm

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A castle

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Glum

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Looking or feeling dejected

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Suppress

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Stopping from existing

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Vigilant

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Keeping carefully

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Sinuous

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Having many curves and turns

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Vibrance

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Pulsing or throbbing with energy

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Phenomenon

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Something amazing happening

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Assimilated

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Groups coming together

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Skeptically

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Not easy convinced

Has doubts

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Mutilated

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Ugly, disfiguring

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Admonition

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Warn or reprehend someone