Vocabulary • Ch 19 - The Giver • Fill in the blanks

The funeral service was a _________ occasion.

• squirming

• carton

• procedure

• solemn

It is important to _________ a child's talents and interests from a young age.

• sympathetically

• nurture

• poignant

• receptacle

The toddler was _________ in his seat during the long car ride.

• solemn

• receptacle

• empathetic

• squirming

The movie's _________ ending left the audience in tears.

• squirming

• poignant

• teeny-weeny

• wretched

She _________ in anguish when she heard the tragic news.

• poignant

• wailed

• empathetic

• receptacle