The Giver Vocabulary for Chapters 1 - 12

anxious or fearful that something bad or unusual may happen

• serene

• distinctive

• apprehensive

• vibrant

a natural ability to do something

• empowered

• aptitude

• obsolete

• palpable

with great surprise

• exhilarating

• vibrant

• weighty

• astonishment

to turn away one's eyes or thoughts

• avert

• perceived

• vividly

• clouded

ability

• magnitude

• palpable

• capacity

• emblem

a strong verbal reprimand or scolding

• exempted

• chastisement

• ritual

• relinquish

became less clear

• clouded

• vividly

• serene

• obsolete

to restrain or keep in check

• avert

• curb

• regulated

• transmit

serving to distinguish one thing from another

• emblem

• unison

• distinctive

• exempted

a symbolic object

• distinctive

• ritual

• vital

• emblem