The giver Unit 2 Vocab list 1

The giver Unit 2 Vocab list 1

by Jamie Oswald

​Relish

​Verb meaning to enjoy greatly.

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​synonyms:

enjoy · delight in · love · like · adore

​Exempt

Adjective free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

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​synonyms:

free from · not liable to · not subject to · exempted · spared · excepted · excused

Defy

​Verb meaning to openly resist or refuse to obey.

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​synonyms:

go against · flout · disobey

Haste

​Noun meaning excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry.

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synonyms:

speed · hastiness · hurry · hurriedness · swiftness · rapidity · rapidness 

Transmit

​Verb meaning to cause (something) to pass on from one place or person to another.

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​synonyms:

transfer · pass on · hand on · communicate · convey · impart · channel ·

Accustomed

Adjective meaning customary or usual.

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​synonyms:

customary · usual · normal · habitual · familiar · regular · routine · ordinary

Disquiet

Noun meaning a feeling of anxiety or worry.

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​synonyms:

perturb · agitate · upset · disturb · unnerve · unsettle · discompose

Solemn

Adjective meaning characterized by deep sincerity.

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​serious · earnest · grave · sober · somber · unsmiling · poker-faced

Diminish

​Verb meaning to make (someone or something) seem less impressive or valuable

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​Synonyms:

belittle · disparage · denigrate · deprecate

Conceivable

Adjective meaning capable of being imagined or grasped mentally.

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​Synonyms: imaginable · possible · plausible · credible · believable · thinkable · feasible · admissible · understandable · comprehensible.