The Giver Chapters 1-5 Vocabulary #1

Utopia

• A crime community family members die everyday.

• A community where gang members hang out

• A perfect place to live for newcomers

• A perfect paradise that doesn't exist

Wheedle

• To try and get a gift without having to work for it

• To sweet talk, or flatter someone in the hopes of getting something in return

• To be a great friend to someone

• To wheel around someone very fast

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Palpable

• When a person does not want to be touched

• To hit someone very hard

• To be free from a dangerous person

• Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being touched or felt

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Released

• To be freed from dangerous animals

• Grant freedom to; Free from confinement

• To leave school for the day

• To relax and have fun

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dystopia

• An imaginary world like Disneyland

• A fictional world where people live under a highly controlled, totalitarian system

• An island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

• One of the main Mountains in Georgia

Ritual

• A Church Service held on each Sunday

• A ceremony or action performed in a customary way

• A street dance held every month

• Laws that everyone should obey

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Character

• All the articles and pictures in a newspaper

• A person in a novel, play or movie

• Where the story takes place

• All the problems that happens in a novel, play or movie

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Transgression

• When a person does everything right within the law

• When someone needs to relax from working really hard

• Something that is against a command or law

• A law that everyone must follow at all times

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Aptitude

• An Ability that you must have some training from college

• An ability that you cannot do very well

• Inherent Ability (something that you are good at)

• An ability that must be earned by having a very high score in school

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Apprehension

• Fear or anxiety about something

• Something that you are unsure about doing

• Always excited about doing an activity

• Sorry for what you have done

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4