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.