Collection 1: Fine?

As you read Margaret Peterson Haddix's "Fine?" learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 6's Collection 1: The Ravine, Fine?, Fears and Phobias, In the Spotlight
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  1. technician
    someone who is trained in a specific process
  2. claustrophobic
    abnormally afraid of closed-in places
  3. convey
    serve as a means for expressing something
  4. pallet
    a portable platform for storing or moving goods
  5. regret
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  6. tumor
    an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
  7. exaggerated
    enlarged to an abnormal degree
  8. reminisce
    recall the past
  9. pity
    a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for misfortunes of others
  10. circumstance
    the set of facts that surround a situation or event
  11. dissect
    cut open or cut apart
  12. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  13. emphatic
    forceful and definite in expression or action
  14. humiliation
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  15. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
  16. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  17. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  18. probe
    surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities
  19. recede
    become faint or more distant
  20. ordinary
    the expected or commonplace condition or situation
Created on Wed Jun 25 16:17:26 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jun 26 15:57:05 EDT 2014)

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