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The Giver Chapters 11-23
Vocabulary from The Giver Chapters 11-23
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English
8th Grade
04/10/2014

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obsolete
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(adj.) no longer in general use; fallen into disuse
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admonition
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(n.) counsel, advice, or caution
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fleeting
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(adj.) passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transitory
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irrational
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(adj.) without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason
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anguish
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(n.) excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief
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assuage
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(v.) to make milder or less sever; relieve; ease; mitigate
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ominous
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(adj.) portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
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carnage
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(n.) the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre
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ecstatic
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(adj.) marked by or expressing ecstasy; being in a state of great joy or delight
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permeate
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(v.) to pass into or through every part of; to be diffused through; saturate
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assimilate
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(v.) to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb
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luminous
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(adj.) radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright
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emphatic
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(adj.) uttered with emphasis; strongly expressive
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rueful
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(adj.) feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity; mournful; doleful
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augmented
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(adj.) made larger; enlarged in size, number, strength, or extent; increased
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vigilant
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(adj.) keenly watchful and alert to detect danger; wary
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lethargy
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(n.) the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy
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