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Giver Vocab Ch 15-19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Burden | (noun): a difficult or worrying responsibility or duty |
| Carnage | (noun): widespread slaughter or massacre |
| Concept | (noun): a thought or notion |
| Despite | (preposition): regardless of something |
| Ecstatic | (adjective): showing or feeling great pleasure or delight |
| Grief | (noun): great sadness |
| Horde | (noun): a large group of people |
| Immobilize | (verb): to fix in place, to stop or disable |
| Inflict | (verb): to cause damage, harm, or unpleasantness to somebody or someone |
| Luminous | (adjective): bright or shining |
| Optimistic | (adjective): tending to take a hopeful and positive view of future outcomes |
| Precise | (adjective): exact or specific |
| Rigid | (adjective): stiff, not flexible |
| Solitude | (noun): the state of being or living alone |
| Vague | (adjective): not clearly felt, understood or recalled |