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Giver Ch. 15-19
Giver Vocab Ch. 15-19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| burden | a difficult or worrying responsibility or duty |
| carnage | widespread slaughter or massacre |
| concept | thought or notion |
| despite | regardless of something |
| ecstatic | showing or feeling great pleasure or delight |
| grief | great sadness |
| horde | a large group of people |
| immobilize | to fix in place, stop, or disable |
| inflict | To cause damage, harm, or unpleasantness to somebody or something |
| luminous | Bright or shining |
| Optomistic | Tending to take a hopeful and positive view of future outcomes |
| Precise | Exact and specific |
| Rigid | Stiff, not flexible |
| Solitude | The state of being or living alone |
| Vague | Not clearly felt, understood or recalled |