The Giver Vocab (List #1 + #2)

Congratulation

• To roll or move in a circle

• To ride or work a bicycle

• Pleasing words expressing praise for achievement

• To be heavily pulled toward

unanimous

• Being of one mindfully in agreeement

• Favorable or beneficial; not harmful

• Condition of being a young person

• To pull together facts/ideas for understanding; to grasp mentally

graviate

• The study of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

• To receive something approvingly; to recognize something as correct/valid

• To ride or work a bicycle

• To be heavily pulled toward or attracted to a person, place, or thing

ominous

• Being of one mind; fully in agreement

• Expressing feelings of pity or sorrow for someone else’s pain or misfortune

• Giving the impression that something bad/unpleasant is about to happen;

• Favorable or beneficial; not harmful

sympathetic

• Fallen out of/away from use; out of date; no longer produced or used

• Expressing feelings of pity or sorrow for someone else’s pain or misfortune

• Condition of being a young person

• To receive something approvingly; to recognize something as correct/valid

avert

• Having or expressing devotion and vigorous support to the Founding Fathers of one’s country and Motherland

• Made effective as of a date in the past;

• A whole, uninterrupted space or area

• To turn away one’s eyes in order to prevent showing one’s thoughts/feelings

retroactive

• The act of pushing or throwing a liquid through a passage, cavity, or tissue

• Made effective as of a date in the past; Taking effect from a date in the past

• To pull together facts/ideas for understanding; to grasp mentally

• Being of one mind; fully in agreement

benign

• To receive something approvingly; to recognize something as correct/valid

• A whole, uninterrupted space or area

• A small platform where a person may stand with their feet at the base to be seen by an audience, as when making a speech

• Favorable or beneficial; not harmful

volv

• fit, suitable

• condition, state of being

• to roll

• to throw

bene

• back, backward

• good, well

• against, away

• fit, suitable