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The Giver CH.14-19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| augmented | made larger; enlarged in size, number, strength, or extent; increased |
| diminish | to lessen; decrease |
| efficient | performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; competent; capable |
| emphatically | uttered with emphasis; strongly expressive |
| fugitives | a person who is fleeing from prosecution, intolerable circumstances; a runaway |
| lethargy | the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy |
| rueful | feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity; mournful |
| sing-song | monotonously jingly in rhythm and pattern of pitch |
| stealthily | done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive; secretively |
| vigilant | keenly watchful and alert to detect danger; wary |