The Giver Vocabulary Chapters 5-9

Disquieting means to have

• feelings of worry

• feelings of happiness

• feelings of joy

The two vocabulary words that have a similar meaning are

• exuberant

• transgressions

• congregated

• infraction

If a person feels extremely joyous or enthsiastic, they are

• confused

• cautious

• exuberant

• prodded

Match the words with their correct meaning:

• people massed together; large group

• throng

• to poke with a finger or object

• congregated

• to come together as a group; assemble

• prodded

• a symbol

• emblem

In The Giver, a birthmother is an important job, bit it does not have

• truth

• jaunty

• lapse

• prestige

Piecemeal means

• all together

• as a whole

• partial; intermittent

• only one person

If you hear a crescendo of noise, you hear very quiet sounds.

• True

• False

Match each word with its correct definition.

• extremely painful

• lapse

• with excessive care and attention

• meticulously

• to turn away from

• avert

• a failure of concentration or judgment

• jaunty

• self-confident; cheerful

• excruciating