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The Giver Vocab
ALL LA VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adherence | the quality of sticking to something or with something without wavering or straying from it; remaining loyal or committed to something |
| Apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm |
| Chastisement | - severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand |
| Distraught | deeply upset and agitated |
| Droning | talking on and on in a boring manner |
| Palpable | (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible |
| Petulantly | a sulky or pouting manner befitting a child |
| Supplementary | aiding or enhancing something; adding to something |
| Transgression | - violation of a law, command, etc. |
| Tunic | a type of clothing often resembling a shirt or robe |
| Aptitude | capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent |
| Buoyancy | the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness |
| Conspicuously | easily seen or noticed; attracting special attention |
| Crescendo | - a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force |
| Indolence | avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness |
| Infringed | act so as to limit or undermine (something); encroach on |
| Meticulously | with attention to detail; thoroughly; precisely |
| Obsolete | no longer produced or used; out of date |
| Piecemeal | in pieces or fragments |
| Prodded | to rouse or incite as if by poking; nag; goad |
| Throng | a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd |
| Admonition | counsel or a warning against fault or oversight |
| Assimilated | to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group / to take in and incorporate as one’s own. |
| Assuage | to lessen the intensity of |
| Carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| Horde | a large group of people. |
| Hueless | lack of a gradation or variety of a color; tint |
| Ominous | giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious. |
| Pervaded | spread through and be perceived in every part of. |
| Warily | in a way that shows a lack of trust; suspiciously. |
| Emphatically | using emphasis in speech or action. |
| Frazzled | worn-out; fatigued: |
| Imploringly | - beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something. |
| Languid | lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
| Lethargy | the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic,or indifferent and lazy |
| Ruefully | mournfully, regretfully |
| Stealthily | - slowly, deliberately, and secretly in action or character |
| Taut | having no give or slack |
| Vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| Winced | to shrink back involuntarily |
Created by:
carolineconner
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