GTILA The Giver Novel Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Palpable | able to be felt |
| Indulgent | (permissive) allowing people to have what they want |
| Exuberant | full of enthusiasm |
| Meticulous | extremely careful and precise |
| Sinuous | graceful, winding or serpentine, (devious) |
| Tantalizing | attractive or inviting but unattainable |
| Distraught | extremely upset |
| Aptitude | potential to acquire skill |
| Chastise | punish |
| Petulant | ill-tempered (sulky) |
| Nondescript | unremarkable |
| Retroactive | applying to past |
| Infraction | failure to obey rule (or law) |
| Dosage | the amount and frequency of drug administration |
| Interdependence | depending on eachother |
| Bouyancy | tendency to float |
| Acquisition | new possession |
| Benign | kindly |
| Requisition | take something officially |
| Conveyance | moving of something (a vehicle) |
| Admonition | advice against something (a rebuke) |
| Electrode | conductor that electricity flows through |
| Skitter | run with tiny steps (skid lightly across something) |
| Assuage | to relieve something unpleasant |
| Distended | swollen by pressure from within |
| Placid | calm in nature (or appearance) |
| Carnage | widespread killing of people (many casualties) |
| Permeated | spread through |
| Imploring | begging |
| Empower | to give power (or authority) to someone |
| Rueful | regretful |
| Emphatically | forcefully (used for emphasis) |
| Exquisite | finely beautiful (excellent) |
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