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The Giver- Vocabulary ch 14-16

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To move rapidly over a surface

a)

stench

b)

skitter

c)

daub

d)

placidly

2.

Characterized by torture

a)

wry

b)

billow

c)

torturous

d)

carnage

3.

(a)   means produced by a lopsidedness of the facial features; twisted

4.

----------------- means to make less severe.

(a)  

5.

Color was ______________ in Jonas' community; it was no longer in use.

a)

ominous

b)

wisp

c)

luxuriating

d)

obsolete

6.

(a)   means a great slaughter; massacre

7.

Jonas felt great agony, or ____________ when he received the painful memory of a broken leg.

a)

wry

b)

anguish

c)

ominous

d)

daub

8.

Ecstatic means...

a)

calmly; peacefully

b)

indulging in pleasure

c)

one of a kind; unsurpassed

d)

overwhelmed with joy; enraptured

9.

ominous means...

a)

menacing; threatening

b)

characterized by torture

c)

to smear

d)

fleeting trace

10.

To spread or be present throughout

(a)  

11.

to smear means....

a)

wisp

b)

wry

c)

daub

d)

placidly

12.

This word means calmly: peacefully

(a)  

13.

A stench is...

a)

to move rapidly over a surface

b)

indulging in pleasure

c)

a strong foul odor

d)

a fleeting trace

14.

in a distorted or bizarre manner

a)

carnage

b)

grotesquely

c)

torturous

d)

pervade

15.

A fleeting trace is a (a)  

16.

To swell out means to...

a)

assuage

b)

wry

c)

pervade

d)

billow

17.

One of a kind; unsurpassed

(a)  

18.

Jonas opened his eyes and lay contentedly on the bed, still _________ in the warm and comforting memory. .

(a)