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The Giver Chapters 10-12 Vocabulary
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Literature
8th Grade
10/13/2013

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function
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the special duty or performance assigned to someone or something
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alcove
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a recessed section of a room; a nook
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conspicuous
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easy to see or understand; obvious
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diminish
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to reduce in size, degree, level or importance
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concept
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an idea or thought
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exhilarating
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exciting
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deftly
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skillfully; quickly
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frigid
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cold
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torrent
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swift, violent stream
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basking
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warming oneself pleasantly in the sunlight
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fretful
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irritable; cranky; discontented
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admonition
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warning
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confirms
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proves true
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genetic
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having to do with the study of character traits and physical traits
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