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"The Giver" Vocab W4
Vocab For The Giver :D (Week 4)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dejected | depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited |
| serene | 1. calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age. 2. clear; fair: serene weather. 3. ( usually initial capital letter ) most high or august |
| luminous | 1. radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright. 2. lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted: the luminous ballroom. 3. brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's work 4. clear; readily intelligible: |
| wretched | 1. very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable. 2. characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow. 3. despicable, contemptible, or mean: a wretched miser. 4. poor, sorry, or pitiful; worthless: a wretched job of sewing |
| solace | 1. comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort. 2. something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief: The minister's visit was the dying man's only solace. 3. to comfort, console, or cheer |
| languid | 1. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner. 2. lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent. 3. drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint. |
| augmented | 1. to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance. |
| empowered | 1. to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make the deal for me. The local ordinance empowers the board of health to close unsanitary restaurants. 2. to enable or permit: |
| condemned | 1. to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure. 2. to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment: to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment. 3. to give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring |
| taut | 1. tightly drawn; tense; not slack. 2. emotionally or mentally strained or tense: taut nerves. 3. in good order or condition; tidy; neat. |
| perils | 1. exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks. 2. something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction. |
| lethargy | 1. the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity. 2. Pathology . an abnormal state or disorder characterized by overpowering drowsiness or sleep. |
| IMPEDE | to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder. |
| SELDOM | 1. on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often: We seldom see our old neighbors anymore. adjective 2. rare; infrequent. |
| WAILED | 1. to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain. 2. to make mournful sounds, as music or the wind. 3. to lament or mourn bitterly. |
| EXQUISITE | 1. of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry. 2. extraordinarily fine or admirable; consummate: exquisite weather. 3. intense; acute, or keen, as pleasure or pain. |
| MEAGER | 1. deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest. 2. having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger. |
| VIGILANT | 1. keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry. 2. ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful. |
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