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Flashcards in The Giver - Vocabulary Deck (20)
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viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

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apprehensive

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agitated with doubt or mental conflict

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distraught

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an infringement or violation of a paw, command, or duty

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transgression

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to criticize severely; to rebuke

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chastise

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lacking distinctive or interesting qualities

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nondescript

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to give relief or deliverance to for a time

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reprieve

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extremely careful

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meticulously

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the cognitive process of gaining skill or knowledge

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acquisition

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a gradual increase, especially in volume or intensity of sound

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crescendo

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requested something to be furnished

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requisitioned

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very intense; agonizing

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excruciating

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attracting attention

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conspicuous

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the moving of items from one place to another

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conveyance

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formally requested

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petitioned

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great and bloody slaughter (as in battle)

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carnage

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one that receives and contains something; a container

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receptacle

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given legal power or rights

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empowered

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secretively; furtively

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stealthily

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a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches

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foliage

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calling upon in supplication, beseeching; begging for urgently or anxiously

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imploring