Giver EXAM Vocabulary (Part 2)
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Panther724 on December 6, 2010
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Part 2 of Mrs. Seitz's Quia Vocabulary List.
Classes:
Brookfield Academy, BA10, Spanish BA, BA Middle School, The Taylor Group
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 reeled | v. to be in whirl; to waver; to behave in a violent manner |
| exhilarating | v. to make cheerful; stimulate; refresh |
| deftly | adv. having skills; dexterous |
| conveyance | n. a means of transport |
| admonition | n. counsel or warning against fault or oversight |
| mutilated | v. to cut up or destroy |
| sinuous | adj. intricate form; serpentine design; stringy |
| electrode | n. a conductor used to establish electrical contact with a nonmetallic part |
| assuage | v. to lesson the intensity; to put an end to by satisfying |
| distended | v. to enlarge from internal pressure |
| ominous | adj. foreshadowing danger or evil |
| placidly | adv. calmly; free of disturbance |
| contorted | v. to twist in a violent manner; strained shape |
| carnage | n. flesh of slain animals or men |
| immobilized | v. to prevent freedom of movement; eliminate motion |
| writhing | v. to twist and turn usually in pain |
| obsolete | adj. on longer in use or current |
| permeate | v. to diffuse, penetrate, or pass through |
| expertise | n. skill or knowledge of an expert |
| imploringly | adv. to call, to ask, to beg earnestly for |
| rueful | adj. sorrowful;doubtful;feeling remorse, pity or sympathy |
| luminous | adj. shining; bright; lustrous |
| frazzled | adj. extremely physically or nervously fatigued |
| stealthily | adv. secret in action; slow; deliberate |
| emphatically | adv. a forceful speech attracting special attention |
| exquisite | adj. uncommonly appealing; pleasing beauty or fitness; perfection |
| tantalizingly | adv. having a quality that arouses or stimulates a desire or interest |
| trudged | v. to walk or march steadily |
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