The Giver Vocabulary Set 1

attachment or commitment to a person, cause, or belief

• adherence

• chastise

• mystified

• ironic

to discipline, especially by corporal punishment

• chastise

• mystified

• ironic

• palpable

utterly bewilder or perplex (someone), to puzzle someone.

• mystified

• elders

• transgression

• adherence

happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.

• ironic

• elders

• chastise

• adherence

of greater age; older, of higher rank; senior

• elders

• mystified

• ironic

• palpable

plain to see or comprehend; obvious; evident

• palpable

• transgression

• humiliation

• nurture

violation of a law, command; sin.

• transgression

• palpable

• humiliation

• elders

embarrassment; dishonor

• humiliation

• nurture

• transgression

• chastise

the process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something.

• nurture

• elders

• transgression

• humiliation

mutually dependent; depending on each other.

• interdependence

• exuberant

• acquisition

• adherence