The Giver Ch 1-8 Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. adj. gradually increasing in volume; noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness; verb grow louder
  2. 6. adj. showing a sense of shame; like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
  3. 9. noun the tendency to float in water or other liquid; cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface; irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; the property of something weightless and insubstantial
  4. 11. noun the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; something acquired; an ability that has been acquired by training; the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
  5. 13. noun a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
  6. 14. verb hold and use (a weapon or tool).
  7. 16. adj. situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; coming from deep within one; of the greatest intensity; complete; showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being; (of sleep) deep and complete; far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
  8. 17. adj. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; quick to understand
  9. 20. adj. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  10. 21. noun the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
Down
  1. 1. adj. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously; affecting things past
  2. 2. noun your usual mood; a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; the act or means of getting rid of something; an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
  3. 3. adv. with regard to technical skill; with regard to technique
  4. 5. adj. excessively quick; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
  5. 7. noun state of being mature; full development; the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid; the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
  6. 8. adj. one thing at a time; adv. a little bit at a time
  7. 10. adv. with extreme conscientiousness
  8. 12. adj. in complete agreement; acting together as a single undiversified whole
  9. 15. noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
  10. 18. verb increase; make better or more attractive
  11. 19. noun a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.