Unit 6: Novel Study: The Giver, Chapters 14–23

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  1. agony
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  2. wry
    humorously sarcastic or mocking
  3. fretful
    nervous and unable to relax
  4. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  5. obsolete
    no longer in use
  6. blurt
    utter impulsively
  7. ecstatic
    feeling great rapture or delight
  8. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
  9. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  10. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  11. inflict
    impose something unpleasant
  12. devastate
    overwhelm or overpower
  13. meticulously
    in a manner marked by extreme care of details
  14. soothing
    freeing from fear and anxiety
  15. transgression
    the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
  16. exquisite
    delicately beautiful
  17. surge
    rise or move forward
  18. consciousness
    an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself
  19. wisp
    a thin tuft, piece, or amount of something
Created on Tue Nov 10 14:37:18 EST 2020 (updated Fri Nov 13 15:58:24 EST 2020)

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