The Giver Vocab (Ch. 4-8) Flashcards
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acquisition
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the act of getting something
2
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avert
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to turn away
3
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curb
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to restrain or control
4
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designating
A
selecting for a duty
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impose
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to force something to be selected
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lapse
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failure
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profound
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far-reaching or very great
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retroactive
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applying to something that happened before
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ruefully
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expressing sorrow
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sheepish
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embarrassed
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benign
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gentle, mild, or harmless
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cresendo
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steady increase in intensity
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empowered
A
having power
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indolence
A
laziness
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fleeting
A
moving swiftly or rapidly
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despair
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loss of all hope
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spontaneously
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happening suddenly and naturally
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murmur
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a low, indistinct, continuous sound
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chortled
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chuckled gleefully
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clouded
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defamed
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gravitating
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being attracted towards something
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hasten
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to urge forward
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invariably
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uniformly or costantly
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leisurely
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unhurried
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port
resting place for a vehicle
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serene
peaceful or clear and calm
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smock
a loose piece of clothing worn over other clothes - It is usually worn while painting.
28
tabulated
put into a table or chart
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fragments
isolated portion
30
infraction
a violation
31
murky
lacking clarity
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recounted
narrated the fact or particulars of
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buoyancy
ability to float
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designated
selected
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exuberant
full of enthusiasm or joy
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hover
linger in or near a place
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indulgently
leniently
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infringed
encroached on
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interdependence
mutually dependent
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meticulously
extremely careful and precise
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relinquish
abandon
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reprieve
cancellation of a punishment
43
scrupulously
exact or painstakingly
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somber
melancholy or dismal
