The Giver

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The Giver

• By Lois Lowry

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Vocabulary

• Utopia a place of ideal perfection especially
  in laws, government, and social conditions.

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Chapters 1-5

• Apprehensive fearful of what may be coming
• Ironic opposite of what is expected
• Chastise express sharp disapproval
• Remorse deep regret
• Adherence an attachment or devotion (to a
  person, cause, etc)

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Chapters 1-5

• Aptitude a natural tendency, inclination, or
  ability
• Gravitating attracting or tending to move
  forward
• Serene- undisturbed, calm, quiet
• Distraught crazed, very upset
• Chortled chuckled, laughed

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Chapters 1-5

• Transgression a violation
• Nurturer one who feeds or takes care of someone
• Nondescript belonging to no definite class or
  type hard to describe
• Infraction a violation of a law or pact
• Mystified puzzled or perplexed

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Chapter 6-10

• Exuberant lively
• Crescendo increase in volume
• Exemption freedom from a requirement
• Reprieve to postpone the punishment of to give
  temporary relief from something
• Integrity uprightness, honesty, and sincerity

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Chapters 6-10

• Relinquish to give up, surrender, or release
• Independence freedom from the control of
  another
• Interdependence dependence on each other
• Prestige reputation based on high achievement,
  character, etc.
• Indolence the quality of being lazy

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Chapters 6-10

• Acquisition something acquired
• Integral essential necessary for completeness
• Scrupulously conscientiously precisely and
  accurately
• Buoyancy the ability or tendency to float in
  liquid
• Benign doing little or no harm

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Chapters 11-15

• Hueless colorless
• Carnage massive slaughter as in war
• Torrent a violent, swiftly, flowing stream
• Anguished having extreme mental or physical
  suffering
• Stench disagreeable or offensive odor
• Fretful - irritable

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Chapters 11-15

• Unendurable not bearable, not tolerable
• Perceive to take in or group mentally
  comprehend
• Admonition a warning or reprimand
• Tentative made, done, or proposed as a trial or
  experiment not definite or final
• Vibrance being full of life, energy, or
  enthusiasm

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Chapters 11 - 15

• Sinuous full of bends or curves
• Immobilized made incapable of being moved
• Parched very thirsty

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Chapters 16 - 19

• Expertise expert skill or knowledge
• Obsolete no longer in use old-fashioned
• Ruefully apologetically, regretfully
• Ecstatic overwhelmed with joy or delight
• Solitude being alone
• Faltered to act or speak with hesitation to
  move unsteadily stumble

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Chapters 16 -19

• Pervaded spread throughout every part
• Glimpse a brief view passing glance
• Permeated synonym of pervaded
• Wretched very unhappy deeply distressed
• Dejected low in spirits disheartened depressed

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Chapters 20 -23

• Augmented enlarged, made greater
• Empathetic using emphasis in speaking
• Empowered given power or authority to enabled
• Frazzled tired out, weary
• Hypnotic causing sleep
• Imperceptibly subtly
• Mimicked - imitated

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Chapters 20 -23

• Languid without interest or spirit listless
  sluggish
• Lethargy an abnormal drowsiness great lack of
  energy
• Loomed appeared, especially in a large or
  threatening way
• Obscured to conceal (hide) from view
• Perils exposure to harm risk

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Chapters 20 -23

• Sarcastic characterized by taunting or caustic
  remarks
• Solace an easing or grief, loneliness, etc
• Stealthily - secretly

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More needed for final exam

• Mourning an outward sign of grief for a
  persons death
• Vital important
• Murky unclear
• Exasperated irritated annoyed
• Meticulously with extreme attention to details
• Rigorous very strict harsh

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More needed for final exam

• Excruciating intense
• Conspicuous noticeable
• Exhilarating exciting stimulating
• Mutilated disfigured by cutting maimed