"Harrison Bergeron" Vocabulary

1. vigilance (n) - alert attention; watchfulness

1.1. caution

1.2. aware

2. wince (v) - to shrink or flinch involuntarily, especially in pain

2.1. grimace

2.2. flinch

3. consternation (n) - confused amazement, or fear

3.1. dismay

3.2. distress

4. cowered (v) - to crouch down in fear

4.1. shrink

4.2. recoil

5. synchronizing (v) - to match the timing of

5.1. match

5.2. pull together

6. neutralizing (v) - to counteract or cancel the effect of

6.1. offset

6.2. counterbalance

7. hindrances (n) - a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

7.1. obstacle

7.2. barrier

8. calibrated (v) - mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.

8.1. adjust

8.2. measure

9. gamboled (v) - run or jump about playfully.

9.1. frolic

9.2. dance