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Harrison Bergeron

vocab list for Kurt Vonnegut's short story, Harrison Bergeron

QuestionAnswer
vigilance watchfulness; alert with concern
transmitter a device that sends information across the air waves
birdshot small lead pieces used in shotgun shells
vague lack of clear understanding
winced flinch; to draw back or tense the body from pain
bore to have shown in relation to
resemblance likeness, appearance, similarity
abnormal (1) not normal (2) extremely or excessively large
bulletin a brief statement, as in news or events, issued o the public
absolutely completely, without exception, entirely
uncompetitive not desiring to outdo anyone else
calibrated to mark with indexes of degree or quantity (like on a thermometer)
hindrance something that prevents or delays
symmetry correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts; proper proportion
delicacy extreme sensitivity; prevision of action or operation
riveting hammering of a metal pin holding two more plates together
Created by: saltandlight
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