Vocabulary The Giver

Leroy was confused when he asked Melinda to the school dance because her answer was very ___________.

• vividly

• nuisance

• vague

• arrogant

vividly

• having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people

• always

• not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided

• in a way that is very clear, powerful, and detailed in your mind

Ginny dropped her lunch tray in the cafeteria, causing a huge _____________.

• infraction

• commotion

• chortle

• banish

let go of or surrendered

• obsolete

• serene

• contorted

• relinquished

no longer practiced or used

• dwelling

• obsolete

• chastisement

• lingered

noticeable

• limp

• obsolete

• conspicuous

• serene

in a begging, pleading way

• anguish

• fretful

• imploringly

• serene

threatening; giving a warning of something bad to come

• obsolete

• ominous

• anguish

• conspicuous

continued; slow to leave

• relinquished

• fretful

• conspciuous

• lingered

lifeless; not stiff

• limp

• anguish

• contorted

• ominous