STUDY GUIDE for CH 1 - 5 of THE GIVER

palpable

• (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized

• (adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

• moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

• a loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the wearer's knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome.

distraught

• (n.) crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; (v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity

• A person's general or natural mood; tendency

• (adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

• an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

disposition

• A person's general or natural mood; tendency

• A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.

• nervous or confused

• extremely happy or pleased

fret

• likes to eat cookies

• does not bake very good

• laugh in a breathy, gleeful way; chuckle

• be constantly or visibly worried or anxious

petulantly

• fearful or anxious, especially about the future

• moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

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• Getting gone by security

tunic

• to speak in a monotonous tone

• Complying with authority, willing to obey

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• a loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the wearer's knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome

tabulated

• care for and encourage the growth or development of.

• calculated

• fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.

• a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.

disquieting

• exciting or thrilling
• calming or soothing
• inducing feelings of anxiety or worry

• causing anxiety or uneasiness

transgression

• thought that counts

• bad behavior

• act of trespassing or violating a law or rule

• acting like a criminal for some money

chastisement

• the act of scolding or punishing someone

• adjectives

• adverb
• noun