The Giver Vocabulary

The Giver Vocabulary

By T.K. Critchfield

natural ability

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synonym: ​talent

antonym: handicap​

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aptitude​

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rude in speech or behavior

​synonym: cranky

antonym:​ friendly

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​petulantly

very careful about doing something

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synonym:​ carefully

antonym: ​haphazardly

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​meticulously

to inflict punishment on

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​synonym: scolding

antonym: praise​

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​chastisement

to spread or diffuse through

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Synonym: ​diffuse

antonym: ​discolor

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​permeate

to make mysterious or obscure

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synonym:​ baffled

antonym: ​informed

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​mystified

​attractively unusual or old fashioned

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synonym: ​antique

​antonym: modern

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​quaint

covering the period of a year

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synonym: yearly

antonym: ​perennial

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​annual

​severe mental or physical pain or suffering

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synonym:​ agony

antonym: ​happiness

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anguish

feeling or expressing distress or irritation

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synonym: ​upset

antonym:​ relax

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fretful