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The Giver

Vocabulary (Chapters 14-23)

TermDefinition
Daub a patch, splash or smear of a substance
Unendurable cannot be tolerated, or can’t stand something.
Instantaneous done instantly, at the same time
Deliverance rescued from something
Unconsciously done without awareness or consciousness
Fretful filled with worry or anxiety
Deliberately done with intension, on purpose
Rigid stiff, not flexible
Immobilized not able to move
Grotesquely odd or unnatural in appearance…especially in an ugly way
Randomly not using a pattern or logic to pick or arrange
Obsolete no longer used
Outlawed against the law
Amusement to feel entertained
Permeated flooded, infused
Cruelty intentionally being mean, overly harsh
Crouched bent down low
Exaggerated made to seem better, worse, larger or more important than is true
Dejected very unhappy, especially because of disappointment
Anguish extreme anxiety, emotional torment
Devastated severely damaged, enormous upset
Astonished very surprised
Sympathetically feeling of compassion, pity or in deep agreement with another’s pain
Syringe an instrument used for giving shots
Puzzled mystified, baffled, uncertain
Panicked overpowering fear or anxiety
Empathetically understanding of another’s feelings
Rueful regretful, done with pity
Inconvenient not accomplished with ease, not convenient
Condemned a judgment that results in being sentenced to a punishment
Fugitives someone who runs away from (or flees) justice, an enemy or a bad situation
Subtle slight, not obvious, understated
Perils exposure to risk
Exquisite very beautiful, fine, delicate or intricate
Obscured barely perceptible, not obvious
Agonizing to suffer extremely pain, or distress
Lethargy abnormal drowsiness, state of being lazy, sluggish or indifferent
Created by: lairdn
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