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Harrison Bergeron
vocab list for Kurt Vonnegut's short story, Harrison Bergeron
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |