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The Giver 8th Vocab
Language Arts 8th grade Vocabulary List
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assauge | to make calm, to calm fears or worries |
| benign | gental or kind disposition |
| carnage | slaughter of multiple people |
| dejected | depressed in spirits |
| ecstatic | rapturous delight, feeling transported by intense emotion |
| feeble | weak;frail |
| hasty | moving or acting quickly |
| imperceptible | barely noticeable |
| jeering | making fun of with loud clamorous noise |
| languid | lacking energy or vitality |
| merriment | cheerful;joyful laughter |
| nondescript | a person or thing that has no noteable type,characteristic or kind... |
| panic | to feel sudden overwhelming fear |
| taut | tightly drawn, tense, tidy |