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These are vocabulary words found in the book,
"Gathering Blue", by Lois Lowry.
These words can all be found in chapters 3 and 4.
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"Gathering Blue" Vocabulary
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Chapter 3
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Word
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Synonym
or definition
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Antonym
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Location
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Alternate
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edifice
noun
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The Council
Edifice
was surprisingly splendid.
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building
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large and made of stone
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Chapter 3, Page 21
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splendid
adjective
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The Council Edifice was surprisingly
splendid.
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magnificent
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unimpressive
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Chapter 3, Page 21
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ruin
noun
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It remained from before the
Ruin,
a time so far in the past that none of the people now living,
none of their parents or grandparents, had been born.
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downfall
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to spoil or wreck (verb)
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Chapter 3, Page 21
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ancestors
noun
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Most especially it was frightening when it
recalled the Ruin, the end of civilization of the
ancestors.
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older relatives who have died
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examples or items from before
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Chapter 3, Page 21
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fractures
noun
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Verses told of smoky, poisonous fumes, of great
fractures
in the earth itself…
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cracks or breaks
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the act of cracking or breaking (verb)
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Chapter 3, Page 22
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immeasurably
adverb
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It was
immeasurably
old.
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vast or huge
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measurable
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Chapter 3, Page 22
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distorted
verb
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"Some remaining windows, ones in which the colored glass had
shattered, were now paned in a thick, ordinary glass that
distorted
the view through bubbles and ripples."
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changed the shape
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changed the meaning or intention of something
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Chapter 3, Page 22
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unatural or unusual or unreasonable (adjective)
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sconces
noun
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…walked alone down a long hallway lit on
either side by sputtering flames from tall
sconces
fed with oil.
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wall lamps
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Chapter 3, Page 22
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muted
adjective
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She could hear the voices of the meeting ahead,
behind a closed door: men's voices in
muted
arguing.
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quieted
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dull or quiet or calm; even in refering to colors or decorations
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Chapter 3, Page 22
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coarsely
adverb
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She straightened her thin shoulders and smoothed
the folds of her
coarsely
woven shift.
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roughly
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smootly, delicately
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Chapter 3, Page 23
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rudely
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deftly
adverb
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Then she had braided her hair, using her hands to interweave
the thick dark strands
deftly
tying the end of the heavy plait with a leather strip.
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in a talented way
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clumsily
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Chapter 3, Page 23
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subsided
verb
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"The accused orphan girl is here!" the door guard
announced, and the muttering
subsided.
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tapered off, ended
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sunk down
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Chapter 3, Page 23
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illuminating
verb
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Rows of oil lamps made the room bright, and each
of the men had his personal torch behind him,
illuminating
stacked and scattered papers that lay on the table.
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lit
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making more understood
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Chapter 3, Page 24
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twinge
noun
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Then Vandara bowed, and Kira saw with a
twinge
of concern that the Guardians nodded their heads toward her.
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small anoyance
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small pain
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Chapter 3, Page 25
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authoritative
adjective
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The chief guardian, a white-haired man with a four-syllable
name that Kira could never remember, spoke in an
authoritative
voice.
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powerful or knoweldgeable
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as if expecting to be obeyed
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Chapter 3, Page 25
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yearned
verb
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She had always
yearned
to read.
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wanted greatly
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Chapter 3, Page 25
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dispassionately
adverb
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The white-haired man looked at the two of them
dispassionately.
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uninterestedly
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with interest or attachment
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Chapter 3, Page 26
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illustrious
adjective
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Kira's flaw carried no
illustrious
history…
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notable in a good way
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infamous
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Chapter 3, Page 26
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tolerated
verb
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"We have all
tolerated
her presence for these years."
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put up with
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Chapter 3, Page 26
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domestic
adjective
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"She cannot dig or plant or weed, or even tend the
domestic
beasts…"
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tame, cared for by people
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related to housekeeping or homemaking
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Chapter 3, Page 27
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related to ones own country, not foreign
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oozed
verb
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Vandera
oozed
compliments designed to strengthen her case…
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gave out
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held back
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Chapter 3, Page 27
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leaked, expecially goey stuff
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impassive
adjective
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…Kira glanced at the chief guardian to see if
he was swayed by the flattery. But his face was
impassive.
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stoic, calm, without emotion
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responsive, animated
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Chapter 3, Page 27
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"Gathering Blue" Vocabulary
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Chapter 4
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Word
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Synonym
or definition
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Antonym
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Location
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Alternate
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clasped
verb
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…with longish dark hair neatly combed and
clasped
at the back of his neck with a carved wooden ornament…
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held together
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grabbed
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Chapter 4, Page 31
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elite
adjective
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…were much in demand among the
elite
of the village.
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upper class or important
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poor, lower class
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Chapter 4, Page 31
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ornament
verb
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Ordinarily people did not
ornament
themselves."
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decorate
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decoration (noun)
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Chapter 4, Page 31
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meticulously
adverb
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…Kira had watched him marking these papers
meticulously…
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carefully
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haphazardly
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Chapter 4, Page 31
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sinewy
adjective
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…his arm, bare above the bracelet was
sinewy
and muscular.
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with muscles
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strong
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Chapter 4, Page 32
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infinite
adjective
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…from You said, I said, He said that you said, and the
infinite
variations.
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countless
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limited
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Chapter 4, Page 32
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variations
noun
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…from You said, I said, He said that you said, and the
infinite
variations…
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combinations
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ways of arranging
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Chapter 4, Page 32
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proceedings
noun
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He opened to a page he had marked during the
proceedings.
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court case
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event
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Chapter 4, Page 32
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accusatory
adjective
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…as Vandera had made her
accusatory
presentation.
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in a blaming way
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in a tattling way
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Chapter 4, Page 32
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betrayal
noun
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Kira felt stricken by the
betrayal.
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failure to protect or help as promised
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act against anothers best interest, after help was promised
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Chapter 4, Page 33
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amendments
noun
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Turning…to the third set of
amendments…
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additions or corrections official papers
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additions to anything
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Chapter 4, Page 33
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assertion
noun
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So we may set asside the
assertion
that it is the way…
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statement of supposed truth
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declaration
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Chapter 4, Page 33
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incurable
adjective
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She had a visible and
incurable
defect.
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not able to be healed
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curable
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Chapter 4, Page 34
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defect
noun
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She had a visible and incurable
defect.
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flaw
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problem
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Chapter 4, Page 34
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audible
adjective
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She heard Jamison repeat the words of her thoughts as
if they had been
audible.
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able to be heard
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inaudible
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Chapter 4, Page 34
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submit
verb
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Why did she have to do this in front of them, to
submit
to their humiliating stares?
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obey, give into power
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refuse
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Chapter 4, Page 36
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give an idea or proposal
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contemptuous
adjective
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…and she felt Vandera's
contemptuous
eyes on her back.
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scornful
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Chapter 4, Page 37
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seared
verb
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Pain started in her foot and
seared
through her twisted leg.
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burned with pain
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use fire to quickly cook or burn
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Chapter 4, Page 37
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concede
verb
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"I
concede
those points."
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admit or agree reluctantly
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end game by agreeing that other player is winner
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Chapter 4, Page 37
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competent
adjective
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"Yet her work at the weaving shed is
competent."
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able to meet standards or expectations
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good, or at least good enough
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Chapter 4, Page 37
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refutes
verb
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"Look how thin she is. Her weight
refutes
that accusation."
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shows to be false
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supports
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Chapter 4, Page 37
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vindictive
adjective
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But she could still hear Vandaras voice, shrill with
vindictive
accusation…
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meaning harm
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helpful
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Chapter 4, Page 38
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feigned
adjective
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Kira shrugged with
feigned
nonchalance.
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pretended
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real
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Chapter 4, Page 39
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nonchalance
noun
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Kira shrugged with feigned
nonchalance.
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lack of concern
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concern
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Chapter 4, Page 39
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reiterated
verb
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Again the guardian who was her defender
reiterated
that exceptions could be made.
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repeated aloud
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Chapter 4, Page 41
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embroidered
adjective
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The robe…was richly
embroidered.
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decorated with thread
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added to, perhaps excessively or streching the truth
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Chapter 4, Page 41
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decorating with thread (verb)
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intricate
adjective
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The
intricate
scenes on it had been there for centuries…
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detailed
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complicated
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Chapter 4, Page 41
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talisman
dictionary
thesaurus
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"Kira, clutching the cloth
talisman
in her pocket…"
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charm
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Chapter 4, Page 44
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adjective
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Chapter 4, Page
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leisure
dictionary
thesaurus
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"During her infrequent
leisure
times…"
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not at work
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relaxing
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Chapter 4, Page 44
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violation
dictionary
thesaurus
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"It was not a
violation.
She had asked permission…"
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breaking of law
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law abiding
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Chapter 4, Page 44
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pulsated
dictionary
thesaurus
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"the gold's and red's
pulsated
as if the morning sun itself had slid and twisted
its rays into the cloth."
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throbbed
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moved in a lifelike way
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Chapter 4, Page 45
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