The Giver Vocabulary

viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

• apprehensive

• palpable

• sheepish

• luminous

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

easily percieved; obvious

• adhere

• chastise

• palpable

• dejected

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to hold closely or firmly to; to be attached to as a follower

• adhere

• gravitate

• hoard

• solemn

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination;

• meticulous

• disposition

• serene

• rueful

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to punish; to discipline

• aptitude

• rigorous

• torrent

• chastise

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a natural ability or talent

• aptitude

• reprieve

• sheepish

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to keep to oneself; to keep something hidden or stored up

• dejected

• transgression

• hoard

• infraction

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to have a natural tendency toward or be attracted to

• gravitate

• assuage

• obsolete

• solace

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a violation; minor legal offense; petty crime

• reprieve

• chastise

• meticulous

• infraction

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a temporary delay or suspension

• assuage

• reprieve

• ominous

• diminish

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4