The Giver Chapters 1-10 Vocabulary Review

What does the word "reciprocal" mean?

• To throw out or give away something

• Mutual; given, felt, or done in return

• To surround completely, to overwhelm

• An earlier event that serves as an example

What is a "recession"?

• A period of economic decline

• Support or action taken for a cause

• Lying, hiding the truth

• The end of something

What does "advocacy" refer to?

• A really negative and harsh attitude

• The arrival of a large number of people or things

• Support or action taken for a particular cause/idea/policy

• A verb meaning to distribute or hand out

What does the verb "dispose" mean?

• To bring back to life

• To distribute, to hand out or set aside

• To throw out or give away

• To support or recommend

What is the meaning of "scathing"?

• Believable

• Really negative and harsh

• Stubborn, refusing to change your mind

• Unrelated, off-topic

What does it mean to "engulf" something?

• To support or recommend

• To distribute, to hand out or set aside

• To surround completely, to flow over and trap, to overwhelm

• To plan with another person in secret to do something sneaky or illegal

What is the definition of "deceit"?

• Friendship, familiarity

• Lying, hiding the truth in order to misinform or trick someone

• An earlier event that serves as an example

• Death; the end of something

What does "vital" mean?

• Of great importance

• To bring back to life

• Unrelated, off-topic

• To refuse to obey; to dare someone to do something

What is "tyranny"?

• A period of economic decline

• Cruel and oppressive use of power or control

• An earlier event that serves as an example

• To distribute, to hand out or set aside

What is a "precedent"?

• A period of economic decline

• Support or action taken for a particular cause/idea/policy

• An earlier event that serves as an example or guide for similar events to come

• To throw out or give away