vocab of the giver ch. 1-4

wheedle

• important/standing out

• severe criticism

• to try to persuade someone to do something or give one something

• always/unchanging

petulantly

• insolent/rude in speech or behavior

• capable of being touched or felt; visible

• lacking interesting features

• an act that goes against a law

utopia

• showing defiance or to resist

• deeply upset

• attachment/commitment to a person, cause and belief

• an imagined place where everything is perfect

prominent

• a person's dominant qualities of mind and character

• severe criticism/punishment

• important/standing out

• deeply upset

defiant

• showing defiance or to resist

• an act that goes against a law

• insolent/rude

• always/unchanging

disposition

• to try to persuade one to do something or give one something

• a person's dominant qualities of mind and character

• lacking interesting features

• natural ability to do something

nondescript

• severe criticism/punishment

• capable of being touched or felt, visible

• attachment/commitment to a person, cause and belief

• lacking interesting features

chastisement

• severe criticism/punishment

• an act that goes against a law

• insolent/rude in speech or behavior

• an imagined place

palpable

• insolent/rude

• capable of being touched or felt; visible and obvious

• to try to persuade someone to do something or give one something

• always/unchanging

distraught

• an act that goes a law

• natural ability to do something

• lacking interesting features

• deeply upset