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These are vocabulary words found in the book, Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry. They are listed aplhabeticaly. The exact pages the words can be found on varies in different publications. This page addresses Chapters 1-8 currently

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Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter A
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
abundant dictionary thesaurus	"…when tree limbs were supple and mud was thick and abundant beside the river."
abundant dictionary thesaurus	having many	scarce	Chapter 1, Page 3
accusatory dictionary	"…as Vandera had made her accusatory presentation."
accusatory dictionary	in a blaming way	in a tattling way	Chapter 4, Page 32
acknowledgment dictionary thesaurus	"They had nodded to each other, Kira and her mother's brother in acknowledgment."
acknowledgment dictionary thesaurus	greeting		Chapter 1, Page 3
amendments dictionary thesaurus	"Turning…to the third set of amendments…"
amendments dictionary thesaurus	additions or corrections official papers	additions to anything	Chapter 4, Page 33
ancestors dictionary thesaurus	"Most especially it was frightening when it recalled the Ruin, the end of civilization of the ancestors."
ancestors dictionary thesaurus	relatives, or people from before		Chapter 3, Page 21
apprehensive dictionary thesaurus	"'If there is a death...' she heard a woman repeat in an uncertain, apprehensive, voice."
apprehensive dictionary thesaurus	fearful	confident	Chapter 2, Page 17
assent dictionary thesaurus	"She heard some murmurs of assent."
assent dictionary thesaurus	agreement	disagreement	Chapter 2, Page 17
assertion dictionary thesaurus	"So we may set asside the assertion that it is the way…"
assertion dictionary thesaurus	statement of supposed truth	declaration	Chapter 4, Page 33
audible dictionary	"She heard Jamison repeat the words of her thoughts as if they had been audible."
audible dictionary	able to be heard	inaudible	Chapter 4, Page 34
authoritative dictionary thesaurus	"The chief guardian, a white-haired man with a four-syllable name that Kira could never remember, spoke in an authoritative voice."
authoritative dictionary thesaurus	powerful		Chapter 3, Page 25

Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter B
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
betrayal dictionary thesaurus	"Kira felt stricken by the betrayal."
betrayal dictionary thesaurus	failure	allegiance	Chapter 4, Page 33
brazenly dictionary	"…glanced at Kira, and then brazenly began to pull carrots from the garden that Kira and her mother had tended together."
brazenly dictionary	boldly		Chapter 2, Page 13
burden dictionary thesaurus	"Still, they made me promise that you would not become a burden."
burden dictionary thesaurus	problem		Chapter 1, Page 6

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Letter C
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
cadence dictionary thesaurus	"The cadence of bickering was a constant sound in the village…"
cadence dictionary thesaurus	rhythm		Chapter 1, Page 10
clasped dictionary thesaurus	"…with longish dark hair neatly combed and clasped at the back of his neck with a carved wooden ornament…"
clasped dictionary thesaurus	held together	grabbed	Chapter 4, Page 31
coarsely dictionary thesaurus	"She straightened her thin shoulders and smoothed the folds of her coarsely woven shift."
coarsely dictionary thesaurus	roughly	finely	Chapter 3, Page 23
competent dictionary thesaurus	"Yet her work at the weaving shed is competent."
competent dictionary thesaurus	good	adequate	Chapter 4, Page 37
concede dictionary thesaurus	"I concede those points."
concede dictionary thesaurus	admit unwillingly		Chapter 4, Page 37
conceded dictionary thesaurus	"'I will cut my own,' Kara conceded."
conceded dictionary thesaurus	admitted	disputed	Chapter 2, Page 15
contemptuous dictionary thesaurus	"…and she felt Vandera's contemptuous eyes on her back."
contemptuous dictionary thesaurus	scornfully		Chapter 4, Page 37
contemptuously dictionary thesaurus	"Laughing contemptuously, the woman sauntered away, her hands filled with dirt-encrusted carrots."
contemptuously dictionary thesaurus	lacking respect		Chapter 2, Page 14
cringing dictionary thesaurus	"…he was cringing from his father's slap."
cringing dictionary thesaurus	cowering		Chapter 2, Page 13
curt dictionary thesaurus	"Here and there, people acknowledged her presence with a curt nod…"
curt dictionary thesaurus	small	large	Chapter 2, Page 12

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Letter D
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
defect dictionary thesaurus	"She had a visible and incurable defect."
defect dictionary thesaurus	flaw	problem	Chapter 4, Page 34
deftly dictionary	"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."
deftly dictionary	in a talented way	clumsily	Chapter 3, Page 23
deter dictionary thesaurus	"Perhaps the simple fact of seeing her there at work would deter the women who hoped to drive her away."
deter dictionary thesaurus	discourage	encourage	Chapter 2, Page 12
diminished dictionary thesaurus	"For everyday work, Kira helped in the weaving shed, picking up the scraps and leavings, but her twisted leg diminished her value as a laborer and even, in the future, as a mate."
diminished dictionary thesaurus	decreased	increased	Chapter 1, Page 7
disobedient dictionary thesaurus	"In order to pen their disobedient toddlers and chickens…"
disobedient dictionary thesaurus	naughty	well behaved	Chapter 1, Page 11
dispassionately dictionary thesaurus	"The white-haired man looked at the two of them dispassionately."
dispassionately dictionary thesaurus	uninterested	attached	Chapter 3, Page 26
distorted dictionary thesaurus	"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."
distorted dictionary thesaurus	changed the shape	unchanged	Chapter 3, Page 22
domestic dictionary thesaurus	"She cannot dig or plant or weed, or even tend the domestic beasts…"
domestic dictionary thesaurus	tame	wild	Chapter 3, Page 27

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Letter E
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
edifice dictionary thesaurus	"The Council Edifice was surprisingly splendid."
edifice dictionary thesaurus	building		Chapter 3, Page 21
elite dictionary thesaurus	"…were much in demand among the elite of the village."
elite dictionary thesaurus	upper class or important	poor, lower class	Chapter 4, Page 31
embroidered dictionary thesaurus	"The robe…was richly embroidered."
embroidered dictionary thesaurus	decorated with thread	added to	Chapter 4, Page 41
emerged dictionary thesaurus	"Other woman emerged from surrounding cotts."
emerged dictionary thesaurus	came out	went in	Chapter 2, Page 15
encrusted dictionary thesaurus	"Laughing contemptuously the woman sauntered away, her hands filled with dirt-encrusted carrots."
encrusted dictionary thesaurus	covered		Chapter 2, Page 14
entwined dictionary thesaurus	"The poles that held the beans entwined had toppled, and he was angrily setting them upright…"
entwined dictionary thesaurus	woven or tangled	loosed	Chapter 2, Page 12
excrement dictionary thesaurus	"The smell from the thick mounds of excrement beneath the terrified pigs…"
excrement dictionary thesaurus	manure	droppings	Chapter 5, Page 50

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Letter F
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
feigned dictionary thesaurus	"Kira shrugged with feigned nonchalance."
feigned dictionary thesaurus	pretended	real	Chapter 4, Page 39
fen dictionary thesaurus	"He lived in the swampy, disagreeable Fen, probably the child of a dragger or digger."
fen dictionary thesaurus	swamp		Chapter 1, Page 8
filched dictionary thesaurus	"I filched 'em from your cott before the burning."
filched dictionary thesaurus	took without permission	stole	Chapter 6, Page 57 DONT KNOW
flailing dictionary	"Tussling, the toddlers slapped and kicked at each other, grabbing toy-sticks, flailing with their small fists."
flailing dictionary	waving		Chapter 1, Page 8
flourished dictionary thesaurus	"Then more days had passed, more weeds had flourished…"
flourished dictionary thesaurus	grew	stunted	Chapter 2, Page 12
fractures dictionary thesaurus	"Verses told of smoky, poisonous fumes, of great fractures in the earth itself…"
fractures dictionary thesaurus	cracks		Chapter 3, Page 22

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Letter H
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
haphazardly dictionary thesaurus	"Matt indicated a pile of objects wrapped haphazardly in a dirty woven cloth on the steps near him."
haphazardly dictionary thesaurus	in an unordered way	in an organized way	Chapter 6, Page 57
hesitancy dictionary thesaurus	"Now, without instruction or practice, without hesitancy her finger…"
hesitancy dictionary thesaurus	pausing		Chapter 2, Page 20
hostile dictionary thesaurus	"Kira saw tht she was surrounded by hostile women…"
hostile dictionary thesaurus	angry	unhostile	Chapter 2, Page 16
huddled dictionary thesaurus	"She could see some of them in the vast foul-smelling Field of Leaving, huddled beside the ones whose lingering spirits they tended."
huddled dictionary thesaurus	close		Chapter 1, Page 2

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Letter I
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
illuminating dictionary thesaurus	"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."
illuminating dictionary thesaurus	lit		Chapter 3, Page 24
illustrious dictionary thesaurus	"Kira's flaw carried no illustrious history…"
illustrious dictionary thesaurus	notable	infamous	Chapter 3, Page 26
immeasurably dictionary thesaurus	"It was immeasurably old."
immeasurably dictionary thesaurus	not able to be measured	measurable	Chapter 3, Page 22
impassive dictionary thesaurus	"…Kira glanced at the chief guardian to see if he was swayed by the flattery. But his face was impassive."
impassive dictionary thesaurus	stoic	responsive	Chapter 3, Page 27
impetuous dictionary thesaurus	"…perhaps he had simply grabbed what he could with his impetuous, generous small hands."
impetuous dictionary thesaurus	passionate, active		Chapter 6, Page 63
incurable dictionary thesaurus	"She had a visible and incurable defect."
incurable dictionary thesaurus	not able to be healed	curable	Chapter 4, Page 34
inert dictionary thesaurus	"But the little rock was inert and odorless, without a hint or memory of life."
inert dictionary thesaurus	lifeless	lively	Chapter 6, Page 65
infinite dictionary thesaurus	"…from You said, I said, He said that you said, and the infinite variations."
infinite dictionary thesaurus	countless	limited	Chapter 4, Page 32
intricate dictionary thesaurus	"The intricate scenes on it had been there for centuries…"
intricate dictionary thesaurus	detailed	complicated	Chapter 4, Page 41
iridescent dictionary thesaurus	"Branch, beside him, was pawing excitedly at a large iridescent beetle, blocking its path…"
iridescent dictionary thesaurus	shiny, or glowing	dull	Chapter 6, Page 56

Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter L
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
leisure dictionary thesaurus	"During her infrequent leisure times…"
leisure dictionary thesaurus	not at work	relaxing	Chapter 4, Page 44
lingering dictionary thesaurus	"Then after the brief and unexpected sickness, it had become the body of Katrina, still containing the lingering spirit."
lingering dictionary thesaurus	staying	departing	Chapter 1, Page 1

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Letter M
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
magnificent dictionary thesaurus	"The magnificent robe was laid out on the table in display."
magnificent dictionary thesaurus	wonderful or beautiful	unimpressive	Chapter 5, Page 46
malevolence dictionary thesaurus	"No one else had ever survived such a clawing, and the scar reminded everyone of Vandara's courage and vigor as well as her malevolence."
malevolence dictionary thesaurus	spitefulness	benevolence	Chapter 2, Page 15
menaced dictionary thesaurus	"Glaring, Vandara menaced her, bending her elbow as if to throw."
menaced dictionary thesaurus	threatened		Chapter 2, Page 17
methodically dictionary thesaurus	"…followed by a rebuilding that became almost festive with the noise of the workers smearing wet mud over the fitted wooden sides of new structures, methodically slapping it into smoothness."
methodically dictionary thesaurus	in a planned way	haphazardly	Chapter 1, Page 9
meticulously dictionary	"…Kira had watched him marking these papers meticulously…"
meticulously dictionary	carefully	haphazardly	Chapter 4, Page 31
muted dictionary thesaurus	"She could hear the voices of the meeting ahead, behind a closed door: men's voices in muted arguing."
muted dictionary thesaurus	quieted		Chapter 3, Page 22

Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter N
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
nonchalance dictionary thesaurus	"Kira shrugged with feigned nonchalance."
nonchalance dictionary thesaurus	lack of concern	concern	Chapter 4, Page 39

Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter O
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
oblong dictionary	"She reached into her pocket and held up a lumpy oblong."
oblong dictionary	oval		Chapter 6, Page 57
oozed dictionary thesaurus	"Vandera oozed compliments designed to strengthen her case…"
oozed dictionary thesaurus	gave	held back	Chapter 3, Page 27
ornament dictionary thesaurus	"Ordinarily people did not ornament themselves."
ornament dictionary thesaurus	decorate	decoration	Chapter 4, Page 31

Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter P
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
pliable dictionary thesaurus	"She rose and tentatively picked up one of the slender, pliable saplings from the pile."
pliable dictionary thesaurus	supple	unpliable	Chapter 2, Page 14
proceedings dictionary thesaurus	"He opened to a page he had marked during the proceedings."
proceedings dictionary thesaurus	court case	event	Chapter 4, Page
propelled dictionary thesaurus	"And fear propelled her now as she stood, leaning on her stick."
propelled dictionary thesaurus	moved		Chapter 1, Page 3
pulsated dictionary thesaurus	"the gold's and red's pulsated as if the morning sun itself had slid and twisted its rays into the cloth."
pulsated dictionary thesaurus	throbbed	moved in a lifelike way	Chapter 4, Page 45

Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter R
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
refutes dictionary thesaurus	"Look how thin she is. Her weight refutes that accusation."
refutes dictionary thesaurus	shows to be false	supports	Chapter 4, Page 37
reiterated dictionary thesaurus	"Again the guardian who was her defender reiterated that exceptions could be made."
reiterated dictionary thesaurus	repeated		Chapter 4, Page 41
reliable dictionary thesaurus	"You are a sturdy and reliable helper in the weaving shed; all the women who work there say so."
reliable dictionary thesaurus	dependable	unreliable	Chapter 1, Page 6
resonating dictionary thesaurus	"Four bells - the third was resonating now…"
resonating dictionary thesaurus	deep vibrating sound		Chapter 6, Page 56
ruefully dictionary thesaurus	"He squinted at her ruefully and wrinkled his nose."
ruefully dictionary thesaurus	sadly	happily	Chapter 1, Page 9
ruin dictionary thesaurus	"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."
ruin dictionary thesaurus	downfall		Chapter 3, Page 21

Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter S
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
sauntered dictionary thesaurus	"Laughing contemptuously, the woman sauntered away, her hands filled with dirt-encrusted carrots."
sauntered dictionary thesaurus	strolled	scurried	Chapter 2, Page 14
sconces dictionary	"…walked alone down a long hallway lit on either side by sputtering flames from tall sconces fed with oil."
sconces dictionary	wall lamps		Chapter 3, Page 22
seared dictionary thesaurus	"Pain started in her foot and seared through her twisted leg."
seared dictionary thesaurus	burning pain		Chapter 4, Page 37
sinewy dictionary thesaurus	"…his arm, bare above the bracelet was sinewy and muscular."
sinewy dictionary thesaurus	with muscles	strong	Chapter 4, Page 32
splendid dictionary thesaurus	"The Council Edifice was surprisingly splendid."
splendid dictionary thesaurus	magnificent	unimpressive	Chapter 3, Page 21
stealthily dictionary thesaurus	"Kira had watched from the weaving shed each day as Matt stealthily crept…"
stealthily dictionary thesaurus	in a way as not to be observed	brazenly	Chapter 5, Page 51
submit dictionary thesaurus	"Why did she have to do this in front of them, to submit to their humiliating stares?"
submit dictionary thesaurus	obey	give up fighting against	Chapter 4, Page 36
subsided dictionary thesaurus	"The accused orphan girl is here! the door guard announced, and the muttering subsided."
subsided dictionary thesaurus	ended		Chapter 3, Page 23
supple dictionary thesaurus	"…when tree limbs were supple and mud was thick and abundant beside the river."
supple dictionary thesaurus	bendable	stiff	Chapter 1, Page 3

Gathering Blue Vocabulary
Letter T
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
talisman dictionary thesaurus	"Kira, clutching the cloth talisman in her pocket…"
talisman dictionary thesaurus	charm		Chapter 4, Page 44
tentatively dictionary	"She rose and tentatively picked up one of the slender, pliable saplings from the pile."
tentatively dictionary	cautiously	boldly	Chapter 2, Page 14
tolerated dictionary thesaurus	"We have all tolerated her presence for these years."
tolerated dictionary thesaurus	put up with		Chapter 3, Page 26
twinge dictionary thesaurus	"Then Vandara bowed, and Kira saw with a twinge of concern that the Guardians nodded their heads toward her."
twinge dictionary thesaurus	small anoyance		Chapter 3, Page 25

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Letter V
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
vast dictionary thesaurus	"She could see some of them in the vast foul-smelling Field of Leaving, huddled beside the ones whose lingering spirits they tended."
vast dictionary thesaurus	enormous	small	Chapter 1, Page 2
variations dictionary thesaurus	"…from You said, I said, He said that you said, and the infinite variations…"
variations dictionary thesaurus	combinations	ways of arranging	Chapter 4, Page 32
vigor dictionary thesaurus	"No one else had ever survived such a clawing, and the scar reminded everyone of Vandara's courage and vigor as well as her malevolence."
vigor dictionary thesaurus	strength	weakness	Chapter 2, Page 15
vindictive dictionary thesaurus	"But she could still hear Vandaras voice, shrill with vindictive accusation…"
vindictive dictionary thesaurus	meaning harm	helpful	Chapter 4, Page 38
violation dictionary thesaurus	"It was not a violation. She had asked permission…"
violation dictionary thesaurus	breaking of law	law abiding	Chapter 4, Page 44

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Letter W
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
wary dictionary thesaurus	"She needed information from Matt and it would make him wary to know she was frightened."
wary dictionary thesaurus	cautious	foolhardy	Chapter 1, Page 11

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Letters X, Y, Z
Word	Synonym or definition	Antonym or Alternative	Location
yearned dictionary thesaurus	"She had always yearned to read."
yearned dictionary thesaurus	wanted greatly	dread	Chapter 3, Page 25

abundant	accusatory	acknowledgment	amendments	ancestors	apprehensive	assent
assertion	audible	authoritative	betrayal	betrayal	brazenly	burden
cadence	clasped	coarsely	competent	concede	conceded	contemptuous
contemptuously	cringing	curt	defect	deftly	deter	diminished
disobedient	dispassionately	distorted	domestic	edifice	elite	embroidered
emerged	encrusted	entwined	excrement	feigned	fen	filched
flourished	fractures	haphazardly	hesitancy	hostile	huddled	illuminating
illustrious	immeasurably	impassive	impetuous	incurable	inert	infinite
intricate	iridescent	leisure	lingering	magnificent	malevolence	menaced
methodically	meticulously	muted	nonchalance	oblong	oozed	ornament
pliable	proceedings	propelled	pulsated	refutes	reiterated	reliable
resonating	ruefully	ruin	sauntered	sconces	seared	sinewy
splendid	stealthily	submit	subsided	supple	talisman	tentatively
tolerated	twinge	vast	variations	vigor	vindictive	violation
wary	yearned

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