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The Giver Vocab Flashcards

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Ironic

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The opposite of what is expected

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Palpable

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Noticeable:intense and obvious

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Wheedle

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To influence someone through flattery or trickery

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Disposition

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Attitude

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Transgression

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Breaking a law or a rule

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Awed

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Brought up feeling of amazing or fear

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Technically

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Based on legal interpretation

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Aptitude

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Natural ability

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Chastise

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To correct or punish

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Petulantly

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In a touchy, sullen, or grumpy manner

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Remorse

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A strong feeling of guilt or regret

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Conviction

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Belief

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Hasten

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Move or act quickly

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Tabulated

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Calculated

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Nuisance

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Something that creates annoyance or irritation

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Chortled

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Laughed;giggled

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Disquieting

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Causing a feeling of anxiety:disturbing

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Emblem

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Something that visually symbolizes an object,idea,group,or quality: a symbol

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Reprieve

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Delay of punishment

20
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Relinquish

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To give up;surrender

21
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Exuberant

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Full of enthusiasm:lively

22
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Infringed

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Intruded upon land rights or privileges that belong to someone else

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Meticulously

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Very carefully and precisely

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Scrupulously

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Meticulously: very carefully

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