The Giver Vocab - Ch 9-16

to decrease, to get smaller

• diminish

• prohibit

• confirm

• parched

peacefully spending time alone

• conveyance

• exhilarating

• solitude

• skeptical

having the rush of great joy, energy, and excitement

• agony

• exhilarating

• prohibit

• obsolete

very dry or thirsty

• diminish

• intricate

• ominous

• parched

a large crowd of people

• throng

• abuzz

• bridle

• anesthetic

confused, not understanding what is happening

• bridle

• agony

• ominous

• puzzled

doubtful, not really believing something is true

• diminish

• optimistic

• skeptical

• exhilarating

to say that something is not allowed

• confirm

• prohibit

• diminish

• crimson

not used anymore because it is no longer made, it is useless, or it is out-of-date

• obsolete

• ominous

• agony

• conveyance

spooky, showing that something bad is going to happen

• prohibit

• agony

• abuzz

• ominous