The Giver Vocabulary 1

harmless; kind

• benign

• exuberant

• meticulously

• indolent

very happy and joyful

• relinquish

• rigorous

• exuberant

• benign

fearful or anxious, especially about the future

• meticulously

• rigorous

• exuberant

• apprehensive

laziness

• indolence

• relinquish

• meticulously

• apprehensive

carefully

• indolence

• meticulously

• benign

• rigorous

to let go; give up

• indolence

• rigorous

• meticulously

• relinquish

strict; very difficult

• relinquish

• rigorous

• apprehensive

• exuberant

Jonas believed the community was so ___________________ structured that anyone could fit in.

• exuberantly

• benignly

• meticulously

• rigorously

Jonas’s family pledged to ________________________ Gabe once he was assigned to his own family unit.

• relinquish

• benign

• indolent

• meticulous

When the football player scored a touchdown for his team, the fans cheered ________________________.

• meticulous

• benign

• exuberant

• apprehensive