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The Giver List #4
The Giver Vocabulary List #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ominous | portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious (adj.) |
| Fretful | disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish (adj.) |
| Wry | produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin (adj.) |
| Serene | calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled (adj.) |
| Befit | to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit (verb) |
| Lull | to give or lead to feel a false sense of safety; cause to be less alert, aware, or watchful (verb); a temporary calm, quiet, or stillness: a lull in a storm (noun) |
| Grotesque | odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre (adj.) |
| Parched | to suffer from heat, thirst, or need of water (verb) |
| Implore | to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat (verb) |
| Indicate | to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show (verb) |