Vocabulary The Giver Chs 5-9

Front

Waiting anxiously or nervously

Back

Anticipation

Front

harmless

Back

benign

Front

Able to float in water

Back

Buoyancy

Front

Gradual increase in volume

Back

Crescendo

Front

bring shame to

Back

disgrace

Front

Feeling of great joy and excitement

Back

Exuberant

Front

Part that is broken off

Back

fragment

Front

Done or made in a hurry

Back

Hasty

Front

Loss of self-respect

Back

Humiliation

Front

Force that initiates motion

Back

Impulse