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The Giver Ch. 15-19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Burden | A difficult or worrying responsibility or duty |
| Carnage | Widespread Slaughter or massacre |
| Concept | A 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, to stop or disable |
| Inflict | To cause damage or harm |
| Luminous | Bright or shining |
| optimistic | Tending to take a hopeful and positive view of future outcomes |
| precise | Exact or specific |
| Rigid | Stiff, Not flexible |
| Solitude | The state of being or living alone |
| Vague | Not clearly felt, understood or recalled |