Giver Vocabulary
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SQUAT
short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide
RASPING
harsh-sounding and unpleasant; grating
IRONIC
- happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and
- typically causing wry amusement because of this
UNISON
simultaneous performance of action or utterance of speech
RITUALS
A RELIGIOUS OR SOLEMN CEREMONY
APPREHENSIVE
anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
DEPTH
complexity and profundity of thought
HONOR
high respect; esteem
HOARDED
amass (money or valued objects) and hide or store away
SOLEMN
not cheerful or smiling; seriouS
EMBLEM
- a heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of
- a nation, organization, or family
REPRIEVE
a cancellation or postponement of a punishment
TRANSGRESSIONS
AN ACT THAT GOES AGAINST A LAW, RULE, OR CODE OF CONDUCT
METICULOUSLY
taking or showing extreme care about minute details
APTITUDE
a natural ability to do something
RETROACTIVE
(especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past
AVERT
turn away (one's eyes or thoughts)
CRESCENDO
increase in loudness or intensity
JAUNTY
having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner
IMMENSE
extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree
