The Giver Vocabulary

Using the quote from Chapter 1 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“I apologize for inconveniencing my learning community.”

• making things easily accessible

• causing trouble or difficulty

• irritating (verb) or annoying (verb)

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Using the quote from Chapter 2 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“I’m feeling apprehensive,” he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him.

• complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.

• confident

• anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Using the quote from Chapter 1 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the department of Justice, talked about her feelings.”

• projecting from something

• important or famous

• unknown

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Using the quote from Chapter 3 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“No one had mentioned it, ...the public announcement had been sufficient to produce the appropriate remorse.”

• deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.

• indifference

• satisfaction

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Using the quote from Chapter 3 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“The same nondescript shade, about the same shade as his own tunic.”

• extraordinary or distinctive features or characteristics

• lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Using the quote from Chapter 6 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“Fours, Fives, and Sixes all wore jackets...so that they would have to help each other dress and would learn interdependence.”

• the dependence of two or more people or things on each other

• not depending on another for livelihood or subsistence.

• being disconnected from society or a community

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Using the quote from Chapter 6 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“Each family member...would relinquish him without protest or appeal when he was assigned to his own family unit...”

• fill (something) up again

• fight to keep or claim

• voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Using the quote from Chapter 8 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“The acquisition of wisdom will come through his training.”

• disposal of an asset or object

• growth

• an asset or object bought or obtained

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Using the quote from Chapter 9 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

"From this moment you are exempted from rules regarding rudeness. You may ask questions of any citizen…"

• expected to adhere to something

• free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

• liable or obligated to something or someone

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Using the quote from Chapter 10 below, please select the definition of the underlined word.

“The bed...was draped with a splendid cloth embroidered over its entire surface with intricate designs.”

• very complicated or detailed

• simple, uncluttered

• beautiful, pleasant to look at

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4