Giver vocab - chapters 5-9

The crowd clapped with a happy, excited, and exuberant cheer.

What does exuberant mean?

• happy, cheerful, joyful

• loud, crazy

• silly, foolish

• angry, frustrated

The boy was always stealing, lying, and cheating. He had always been in trouble for his transgressions.

What do you think "transgressions" means?

• crimes, rule-breaking

• actions

• activities

• decisions

The students congregated at the table and started doing their homework.

• gathered, came together

• cheered

• talked

• eat food

His mother described a disquieting dream in which she had been yelled at for breaking rules.

What do you think "disquieting" means?

• anxious, worried

• sad, depressed

• funny, crazy

• happy, fun

The pain was horrible, it was excruciating.

What do you think "excruciating" means?

• pleasant

• VERY painful

• VERY itchy

• VERY sad

Which words go together?

• sad, serious

• exuberant

• happy, joyful

• prestige

• honor, respect

• grim

He had made a terrible decision when he stole the car, it had definitely been a lapse in judgement.

What do you think "lapse" might mean?

• temporary failure or break

• crime

• rule

• success

The burn on his hand was ​ (a)   . Touching the hot pan had been silly, it had been a ​ (b)   of judgement. His friends ​ (c)   to him to help.

• excruciating
• lapse
• congregated

Being a doctor or a lawyer has a lot of ​ (a)   .

The criminal had committed many ​ (b)   and now he was going to jail.

• prestige
• transgressions

Match the following

• very painful, intense

• congregate

• a temporary failure or break

• lapse

• anxious, concerning

• excruciating

• gathering together

• disquieting