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The Giver Vocabulary
Hannah Kaiser
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tabulated | To arrange data in tabular form |
| Apprehensive | Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen |
| Nondescript | Lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics |
| Newchild | A child is born, but the original mother does not raise it |
| Stirrings | An initial sign of activity, movement, or emotion |
| Interdependence | The condition of being mutually reliant on each other |
| Solemnly | In a grave or sedate manner |
| indolence | Laziness |
| Integral | Essential or fundemental |
| Accumulates | Gather together |
| Tentatively | Not fully worked out or planned |
| Phenonmenon | Something that can be observed and is typically unusual to explain |
| Relinquished | Gave something up or retreated |
| Hueless | Of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue |
| Dwelling | A place where a person lives |
| Palpable | Obvious and noticable |
| Chastisement | to punish |
| Clouded | Confused, muddled, disordered |
| Gurgling | To flow in an irregular, noisy current |
| Tunic | A coat worn as part of a uniform |
| Inconveniencing | Causing trouble or discomfort |
| Invariable | Not variable, not changing or capable of being changed |
| Rehabilitation | To restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like |
| Transgression | An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct |
| Serene | Calm, peaceful, and untroubled |
| Disquieting | Including feelings of anxiety or worry |
| Wheedle | To endeavor or influence a person by smooth talk |
| Murky | Vague and unclear |
| Hatchery | A place for hatching chicken or fish eggs |
| Chortle | To laugh or chuckle in satisfaction |
| Mischievous | Slyly teasing |
| Adherence | Act of doing what is required belief or rule |
| Reprieve | A respite from impending punishment (death sentence) |
| Invariably | Not changing or capable of being changed, static or constant |
| Meticulously | MArked by excessive consideration of detail |
| Acquisition | The act or process of achieving mastery |
| "Capacity to See Beyond" | Having the ability to see things that others cannot |
| Fidgeted | To move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently |
| Emblem | An object symbolizing a quality, state, or class of persons |
| Duplication | An act or instancee of making a copy |
| Fretful | Feeling or expressing distress |
| Torrent | Strong and fast moving stream of anything (water, words, etc..) |
| Abruptly | Sudden or unexpected |
| Pleasureable | Enjoyable, agreeable, pleasant |
| Recreational | Of or pertaining to play |
| Sameness | The state or quality of being the same, uniformity |
| Emphatically | Uttered, or to be spoked with emphasis; strongly expressed |
| receptable | An object or space used to contain something |
| Imploringly | To appeal in supplication or beseech or beg |
| Syringe | A tube with a needle used to inject a drug |
| Rueful | Exciting pity or sympathy |
| Counter-Attack | An attack made as an offset or reply to another |
| Anguish | Distress |
| Impeded | To obstruct or hinder |
| Obediently | To obey or comply |
| Excrutiating | Great pain or anguish |
| Luminous | Emitting or reflecting glowing light |
| Frequency | The fact or condition of occurring often |