The Giver Vocabulary 1-4

cause to be interested or curious

• petulant

• remorse

• intrigue

• serene

laugh at with contempt and derision

• reflective

• jeer

• fond

• sift

capable of being perceived

• palpable

• chortle

• wheedle

• envy

deeply agitated especially from emotion

• distraught

• reassured

• humiliation

• defiant

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

• wheedle

• soothe

• petulant

• remorse

difficult to analyze or understand

• awkward

• humiliation

• complicated

• fond

check and sort carefully

• chastisement

• capacity

• mischievous

• sift

boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

• defiant

• resolve

• capacity

• serene

understand the meaning of

• resolve

• humiliation

• chortle

• petulant

expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings

• intrigue

• distraught

• sympathetic

• mystified