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to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person
What is sacrifice?
100
paradise or heaven
What is agony?
100
quiver, shudder, or shiver
What is shudder?
100
Luke read the letter at supper, after everyone else in the family had had a stab at trying to figure out what it meant. Somehow, after reading all the big books that Jen had loaned him, he didn't find the fancy words so _______.
What is daunting?
100
a third child with two older brothers; cautious and reserved
Who is Luke?
200
new or almost new, and in very good condition
What is pristine?
200
bright, cheerful, or pleasant
What is grimly?
200
organize, round-up, marshal
What is rally?
200
Hearing Jen say that so _______ -- you don't exist -- made Luke feel funny.
What is flippantly?
200
works for the Population Police; helps Luke to live in the outside world
Who is Jen's father?
300
nervous or easily scared
What is skittish?
300
innocent or guiltless
What is ashamed?
300
disinclined, loath or hesitant,
What is reluctant?
300
Back in his own room, Luke sat down on his bed and opened the first book. It was thick and carried its title in ______ black letters: THE POPULATION DISASTER.
What is ominous?
300
forbids families to have more than two children
Who is the government?
400
to defeat someone or something with force
What is overwhelm?
400
cheer, delight, or rejoice
What is mutter?
400
determined, diligent, or intense,
What is resolutely?
400
I only work at Population Police headquarters. I don't agree with what they do. I try to _______ them as much as I can.
What is sabotage?
400
receives a letter telling him to stop using hydroponics
Who is Luke's father?
500
a conversation that is funny and not serious
What is banter?
500
cold, dispassionate, unemotional
What is fervently?
500
sinister, threatening, or bleak
What is ominous?
500
________, Luke slid down from his step stool perch and scrambled over to recline innocently on his bed. "Come in," he called to his mother.
What is reluctantly?
500
a chat pal on the internet, lieutenant in organizing the rally
Who is Carlos?