Vocabulary • Ch 19 - The Giver • Definitions

What word means very serious and not cheerful?

• solemn

• familiar

• receptacle

• nurture

What is the definition of 'nurture'?

• To feel very sad and miserable

• Not being able to feel much

• To care for and help something grow

• A step-by-step way to do something

What word means moving around uncomfortably and wiggling?

• choking

• numbly

• glimpse

• squirming

What word means to feel deeply sad or touching?

• familiar

• gestures

• numbly

• poignant

What word means to cry out loudly and sadly?

• wailed

• wretched

• carton

• choking

What is the definition of 'empathetic'?

• Something that makes you feel uncomfortable

• Moving around uncomfortably and wiggling

• To care for and help something grow

• To understand and share others' feelings

What word means a container for holding things?

• receptacle

• sympathetically

• squirming

• unsettling

What is the definition of 'teeny-weeny'?

• To cry out loudly and sadly

• To feel deeply sad or touching

• Very small or tiny

• Moving around uncomfortably and wiggling

What is the definition of 'numbly'?

• Not being able to feel much

• To understand and share others' feelings

• A container for holding things

• A step-by-step way to do something

What word means movements or signals made with hands or body?

• poignant

• teeny-weeny

• gestures

• nurture