The Giver - Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary from "The Giver"

• Adherence: Refers to strict obedience to rules or guidelines, highlighting the importance of conformity in the story's society.
• Admonition: Represents cautionary advice often given to characters, emphasizing the critical nature of decisions in their controlled environment.
• Apprehensive: Describes a character's fearful anticipation, reflecting anxiety about future events or changes in their predictable lives.
• Aptitude: Indicates a natural talent for certain skills, showcasing individual abilities in a society that values sameness.
• Assuage: The act of making something milder or less severe, significant in contexts of emotional struggles faced by characters.
• Assimilated: To take in ideas or information, part of the theme of conformity versus individuality within the community’s expectations.
• Bypass: Indicates avoiding certain rules or norms, suggesting the tension between personal desires and societal expectations.
• Chastise: Refers to the physical punishment inflicted as discipline, illustrating the consequences of non-compliance.
• Chortled: A gleeful chuckle that denotes moments of joy or amusement among characters, contrasting with the overall somber mood.
• Conceivably: Means something that can be believed or understood, relevant in discussions of the community’s rationalization of strict rules.
• Congregated: Describes people coming together, often depicting community interactions or gatherings in the story.
• Conveyance: The act of transporting, important in understanding the logistics of the community's movement and control.
• Crescendo: A gradual increase in loudness, symbolic of growing emotions or tensions within the narrative.
• Daub: The act of spreading, often used in creative contexts, reflecting on the characters’ expressions within their controlled lives.
• Deftly: Suggests quick, skilled movements, highlighting efficiency valued in the community.
• Disquieting: Describes feelings that are unsettling or disturbing, pointing to the underlying tensions in the perfect society.
• Distraught: Indicates extreme upset, representing characters' emotional turmoil in response to societal pressures.
• Empowered: Means to authorize or enable, contrasting with the society’s control over individuals.
• Exasperation: Actions that lead to frustration, demonstrating the limitations placed on characters' freedoms.
• Flagging: Describes weakness due to exhaustion, metaphorically speaking to emotional and physical strains.
• Fleeting: Indicates something that vanishes quickly, essential in capturing fleeting moments of joy in the narrative.
• Flushed: A sudden rise of emotion, often seen in characters facing intense situations.
• Fret: To feel or express worry, commonly experienced among characters dealing with societal expectations.
• Gravitation: The concept of attraction, relevant in character relationships and societal hierarchies.
• Gurgling: Describes a bubbling sound which can represent moments of life and vibrancy within the story.
• Hoarded: A hidden stockpile, significant in understanding characters’ desires and fears about scarcity.
• Immobilized: Prevented from movement, symbolizing how societal controls restrict individual actions.
• Imperceptibly: Refers to very slight changes, often subtle but significant in character development and plot progression.
• Inconveniencing: Makes tasks difficult, reflecting the characters’ struggles against the community's rigid structure.
• Indulgently: Describes leniency which can indicate moments of compassion within a strict society.
• Infraction: A violation of law, representing consequences faced by characters straying from community norms.
• Integral: Essential for completion, underscoring crucial elements in the characters' lives and choices.
• Invariable: Without change, a key theme in the static nature of the society portrayed.
• Jaunty: Refers to a lively, carefree manner, showcasing moments of lightness amidst a serious backdrop.
• Lapse: A slip or error, illustrating vulnerabilities in the otherwise orderly community.
• Leaden: Describes being weighted down, metaphorically indicating emotional burdens felt by characters.
• Lull: To calm, representing temporary peace in a tumultuous environment.
• Luminous: Softly bright or radiant, possibly serving as a metaphor for hope or enlightenment.
• Magnitude: Great size or importance, indicating significant events that impact the community or individual lives.
• Matted: Tangled in thickness, possibly symbolizing complexities within character relationships.
• Meticulously: Demonstrates extreme carefulness, emphasizing the detail-oriented nature of the community’s operations.
• Mystified: A state of bewilderment, indicating confusion in characters facing unexplainable occurrences.
• Palpable: Easily seen or felt, often used to convey strong emotions.
• Peppered: To sprinkle or cover, suggesting the introduction of diverse elements within the narrative.
• Permeated: To pass into, indicating the infiltration of ideas or feelings within the tightly controlled society.
• Prodded: Gently poked or pushed, often associated with nudging characters toward certain actions.
• Quizzically: A questioning demeanor, often indicating skepticism or curiosity.
• Receptacle: A container for keeping things, symbolizing how characters hold onto memories or emotions.
• Relinquish: To give up, illustrating moments of sacrifice for the greater good.
• Remorse: Deep regret for wrongdoing, showcasing the moral dilemmas faced by characters.
• Reprieve: A delay or suspension, symbolizing brief pauses in characters' struggles.
• Retroactive: Having effects on past occurrences, linking present actions to historical decisions made by the community.
• Righted: To put upright, symbolizing corrective actions in the face of wrongdoing.
• Skittered: To skim along a surface, often used to describe characters' quick movements or fleeting encounters.
• Subsided: To settle or become less intense, indicating the resolution of conflict or emotional turmoil.
• Successor: A descendant or replacement, relevant in discussions of lineage and roles within the community.
• Taut: Strained or tense, often illustrating heightened emotions or situations.
• Tentatively: Means not definite, suggesting uncertainty in characters’ decisions or actions.
• Torrent: A violent flow, indicative of overwhelming emotions or events.
• Transmitting: To pass on, emphasizing the sharing of knowledge or experiences.
• Tunic: A gown-like garment, providing context for the simplicity of attire within the community.
• Unintentioned: Refers to actions not meant to be harmful, highlighting misunderstandings or conflicts.
• Vibrance: Describes a lively and exciting atmosphere, contrasting the otherwise controlled environment.
• Vigilant: Carefully observant, indicating the need for awareness in a highly regulated society.
• Winced: To draw back in pain or discomfort, a physical reaction reflecting emotional struggles.