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Giver Vocab
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8th Grade
01/23/2023

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Adherence
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commitment or attachment, especially to a rule or belief
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Apprehensive
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fearful; nervous
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Bewildered
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highly confused
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Chastise
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scold; punish
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Distraught
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extremely upset
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Palpable able to be physically touched or felt
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Petulant childish bad-tempered; moody
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Remorse extreme regret
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Transgression a breaking of the rules
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Buoyancy the tendency or ability to float
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Chortle a gleeful laugh; chuckle
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Disposition a person's natural mood or temperament
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Indulgent being overly generous
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Leisurely in a relaxed way
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Meticulously extremely carefully with attention paid to small details
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Reprieve cancellation of a punishment; a break from something difficult
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Scrupulously very carefully
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Serene very calm
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Throng a large group of people
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Anguish Great pain or suffering
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Crescendo steady increase in volume or force
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Exasperated greatly annoyed; out of patience
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Excruciating very intense; agonizing
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Impulse a sudden strong urge to do something
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Integral essential, fundamental
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Prestige the possession of respect and admiration
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Retroactive having an effect on events that occurred previously
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Admonition a warning or gentle scorning
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Conspicuous obvious; sticking out in its surroundings
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Deftly in a neat, skillful, quick way
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Diminish make less; become less; slowly disappear
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Exhilarating very exciting
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Frigid extremely cold; freezing
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Torrent downpour; surge of water
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Wryly in a dry, humorous, usually mocking manner
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