The Giver vocab Ch. 8 - 13

benign =

• dangerous
• cancerous

• gentle, kind, or not harmful
• aggressive

indolence: Students spending their day in indolence should not expect good grades. :)

• studying

• happiness

• tired

• laziness

conspicuous

• hidden or camouflaged
• difficult to spot
• inconspicuous
• easily seen or noticed

deftly: She shuffled the cards deftly before dealing.

• skillfully

• messily

• crazy

• on purpose

tentatively: He reacted tentatively when told he was the one chosen to do the job.

• with confidence

• without confidence

• with sadness

• without sadness

Which word means "no longer useful"?

• admonition

• frigid

• obsolete

• wryly

admonition = In spite of the coach's admonition, she refused to go back on the court.

• scold

• scream at

• help

• add up

Which words means "a sort of critical humor"

• frigid

• vibrance

• sinuous

• wryly

Vibrance =

• black & white

• colorful

• rainbow

• very curvy

Which word means "curvy" or "snake-like"?

• palpable

• obsolete

• vibrance

• sinuous