The Giver Ch. 1-5 Vocab

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Distraught (adj)

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- deeply upset and agitated

I guess I just got distraught, watching them (Lowry 4).

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Obedient (adj) - Complying with orders and requests. To be submissive to others.

Back

Instantly, obediently Jonas had dropped his bike on its side on the path behind his family’s dwelling (Lowry 2).

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Apprehensive (adj) - Anxious or fearful that something unpleasant will happen.

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Apprehensive, Jonas decided. That’s what I am (Lowry 4).

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Aptitude (n) - A natural ability to do something.

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His father smiled his gentle smile. “Well, it was clear to me - and my parents, later confessed that it had been obvious to them too - what my aptitude was” (Lowry 15).

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Chastise (v) - Rebuke, reprimand, or punish.

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He waited for his father to chastise Lily (Lowry 20).

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Depth (n) - The distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something; the quality of being intense or extreme.

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Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might lurk which hadn’t been discovered yet (Lowry 21).

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Solemn (adj) - Not cheerful or smiling; serious.

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It was different only in the addition to it of the newchild with his pale, solemn, knowing eyes (Lowry 25).

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Leisurely (adverb) - Without hurry; relaxed.

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Jonas rode at a leisurely pace, glancing at the bike ports beside the buildings to see if he could spot Asher’s (Lowry 26).

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Furnished (adj) - A house, room, or building with furniture and other fittings.

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Each room was comfortably furnished, the floors covered with thick carpet (Lowry 28).

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Fragment (n) - A small part broken or separated off something.

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Sometimes he awoke with a feeling of fragments afloat in his sleep, but he couldn’t seem to grasp them and put them together into something worthy of telling at the ritual (Lowry 34).