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The Giver Vocabulary
Chapters 1-5
Period 2, 4, 6
• Take out your essay and your time tracker.
• Staple it before class. Full name!
• Take out your vocabulary for ch.1-5 and a notebook. euphemism-vague
standard
• 1.3 Use word meanings within the appropriate context and show ability to
verify those meanings by definition, restatement, example, comparison, or contrast.
Example- give context clues
• I was as wary as a new mother holding her newborn when he handed me the fragile, expensive vase.
• Wary=
Restatement- repeat the definition
• Avarice, greediness for wealth, is a terrible quality often found in wealthy people.
Appositive: Ms. Verge, my teacher, yelled at me.
• Vitamin C was once believed to be the panacea or the cure all for all disease. (restatement)
euphemism
• My mom uses a euphemism or a nicer way to say something to tell me I’m grounded.
• Euphemism, or a nice way to say something uncomfortable, is used in The Giver with the term released.
appostive
• My sister, Suzanne, borrows my clothes. Non essential appositive
• My brother Mark borrows my clothes. Essential appositive.
• My daughter Harley forgot her h.w.
• My daughter forgot her h.w.
Appositional phrase
• Lucy, my best friend, enjoys long walks on the beach and dinner outside, sniffing
Comparison- similar
• He was as florid as a tomato when he gave his speech.
• She was as pretty as a rose.
• eager
Contrast-difference/antonym
• I expected the attorney to yell vehemently; however, he quietly and passively made his point.
Contrast.
• After drinking whiskey, the Irish man looked florid, but the Swedish lady turned pale.
Primly- proper manners
• Show contrast
• But, yet, however, in contrast to,
• The kid looked prim but turned out to be rude and unmannered.
definition
• Personification means to give a human trait to something not human.
• Ex. The wind whispered
• The moon walked.
• The stars danced
euphemism
• A nice way of saying something difficult.
• She passed away= she died; put to sleep
• Short-vertically challenged
• Prison- correctional facility
• Husky, big boned
euphemism
• My mom always uses euphemisms like “powder my nose” when she has to use the restroom.
Euphemisms for death
• Make one’s maker• Pushing up daises• Sleep with the fishes• Meet your maker• No longer with us• Put to sleep• Passed on • Cash in your chips
Rasping- harsh, grating
• The smoker’s voice became raspy after years of smoking. (example)
Antonym opposite smooth, sonorous
Apprehensive- fearful, anxious
• The child felt apprehensive when she went to her first day of school, but after some time she became eager and excited.
Eager-impatiently waiting
• I was eager and excited to graduate 8th grade
Distraught-upset, very agitatedI became distraught when I lost my
favorite child at Disneyland, but when I found her, I was relieved
and happy.
palpable- obvious, easily perceivedIt was palpable to the fans that the
boy was terrible at baseball.
Disposition- personalityThis lady had a happy, almost
weird, disposition.
Nurturing- helping to grow or develop
• The mother nurtured her child and the child grew to be a healthy adult.
• Elementary teachers are nurturing, but middle school teachers are just plain mean. (compound sentence)
Enhance- improve
• I lifted weights hoping to enhance my muscle tone.
• I tried to enhance my education by going to summer school.
Aptitude-talent
• Einstein had an aptitude for science.
• Beethoven had an aptitude for music.
Chastisement-punishment
• The teacher chastised me for not doing my homework.
• Chastisement happened to the boy who stole the teacher’s medicine.
Petulantly- in an ill tempered way, moody
• I petulantly cleaned my room after a fight with my mom.
Remorse- regret
• He felt remorse after he killed the dog.
Tabulated- recorded and filed
• I tabulated the scores and found that the average was a C+.
Primly-proper
• When I met the Queen of England, I primly sipped my tea, but my rude husband guzzled his beer.
Murky-unclear, dark
• The murky, unclear, and black pond did not seem inviting.
Vague- unclear
• The setting of The Giver is vague; we’re not sure the time nor the place.
• The directions were vague, so I didn’t understand what to do.