The Giver Vocabulary

Choose the word that correctly matches the definition: 
Raise, foster, encourage 

• aptitude 

• meticulously 

• reprieve 

• nurture 

let go of or surrendered

• obsolete

• serene

• contorted

• relinquished

threatening; giving a warning of something bad to come

• obsolete

• ominous

• anguish

• conspicuous

continued; slow to leave

• relinquished

• fretful

• conspciuous

• lingered

The students quickly ​ (a)   around the Promethean Board when I turned on The Giver movie.

• congregated

• gravitating

• disquieting

• infraction

• emblem

• throng

• exuberant

• transgressions

Match the following vocabulary words to their definition.

• free from having to follow a rule(s)

• Transmit

• not cheerful or smiling; very serious

• Relish

• great enjoyment

• Solemn

• to send out; to pass to another person

• Haste

• too much speed; great hurry

• Exempt

The exhilarating snow ride changed Jonas forever.
Exhilarating means....

• To make someone happy

• To make someone melancholy 

• To make someone sad

• To make someone miserable

 to give support or maintain loyalty

• adhere

• apprehensive

• awed

• bewildered

Choose the word that correctly matches the definition: A feeling of great happiness and excitement.

• A) Exhilaration

• B) Anguish

• C) Ominous

• D) Relinquish

What does the word 'meticulously' mean in the context of careful attention to detail?

• A) Carelessly

• B) Precisely

• C) Hastily

• D) Reluctantly