The Giver Vocabulary
Chapter 1
interested; curious; fascinated; keyed into (attending) intrigued interested; curious; fascinated; keyed into (attending)
to make fun of someone in a rude manner jeering to make fun of someone in a rude manner
mentally confused; extremely upset distraught mentally confused; extremely upset
apprehensive anxious; uneasy
resistance to authority defiant resistance to authority
nurture to care for
vital essential to life
Chapter 2
previous occurring before new Mickey old (previous) Mickey
stick to; stay attached adherence stick to; stay attached
an ability; a natural tendency aptitude an ability; a natural tendency
Chapter 3
chastise to punish
to store away for future use hoard to store away for future use
not distinctive enough to be described nondescript not distinctive enough to be described nondescript flower
Chapter 4
to be attracted to; move toward gravitate to be attracted to; move toward
to count and record in an orderly way tabulated to count and record in an orderly way
distributed to give out; spread out
Chapter 6
to suspend temporarily; to postpone reprieve to suspend temporarily; to postpone Your project due date has been postponed until next week.
relinquish to give up
transgressions misdeeds
Chapter 7
to annoy; to provoke; bother irritate to annoy; to provoke; bother
to frustrate; to make angry exasperated to frustrate; to make angry
one or two things exactly alike duplication one or two things exactly alike
serenely calmly; peacefully
Chapter 8
meticulously extremely carefully
harsh; very severe, energetic, challenging rigorous harsh; very severe, energetic, challenging
Chapter 9
freedom from a duty or rule exemption freedom from a duty or rule A+ on report card so . . . she doesn’t have to take the final exam.
precise exact; accurate
Chapter 10
origin beginning; start the origin
plenty of room; large, roomy spacious plenty of room; large, roomy
easily seen; stands out conspicuous easily seen; stands out
transmit pass on; send over
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
to prevent from attaining a goal; discouraged frustrated to prevent from attaining a goal; discouraged
distinctive clearly standing out
how much something holds; ability capacity how much something holds; ability
Chapter 13
predictable able to say in advance
successor one that comes after President Bush successor
vaguely unclear
subsided becomes less The rain subsided.
Chapters 14-18
to move in a twisting motion writhe to move in a twisting motion
brutal harsh
leave slowly and hesitantly linger leave slowly and hesitantly
incapable of being put up with unendurable incapable of being put up with
provide physical relief assuage provide physical relief
foreshadowing evil or tragic developments ominous foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
anguish extreme distress
immobilize unable to move
permeate spread through
to become weak or unsteady falter to become weak or unsteady
Chapters 19-23
numb frozen with fear
wretched very unhappy
resentful because of a sense of unjust treatment. bitter resentful because of a sense of unjust treatment.
a request made in an urgent and emotional manner plea a request made in an urgent and emotional manner
pronounce a punishment condemn pronounce a punishment
someone who is sought by law officers fugitive someone who is sought by law officers
augmented added to
vigilant carefully observant
peril a source of danger
meager deficient in amount
yearn desire strongly
lethargy lack of energy
impede an obstacle to