The Giver-Vocab list 1

What does the word accustomed mean?

• Feeling of great surprise or wonder
• Familiar with something and accepting it as familiar or usual

• A person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities
• A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river

What does the word conceivable mean?

• Impossible to comprehend
• Capable of being imagined or believed

• Not capable of occurring
• Not open to consideration

What does the word defy mean?

• To openly resist or refuse to obey
• To agree with
• To ignore
• To support

What does the word diminish mean?

• To increase in size or importance
• To remain constant
• To make or become less in size, importance, or intensity

• To become more complex

What does the word disquiet mean?

• Happiness
• Joy
• Peace
• Unease, a feeling of anxiety or worry

What does the word exempt mean?

• Free from having to follow a rule that others must obey

• To impose a duty or responsibility
• To prohibit or prevent
• To allow or permit

What does the word haste mean?

• Too much speed or urgency

• A type of food
• A musical instrument
• A kind of tree

What does the word relish mean?

• To enjoy greatly
• A type of vegetable
• A musical instrument
• A mathematical term

What does the word solemn mean?

• Happy
• Excited
• Very serious and not smiling

• Angry

What does the word transmit mean?

• To receive
• To ignore
• To send out; to pass to another person

• To destroy