The document contains 5 vocabulary lists from the book "The Giver" with a total of 50 words defined. Some of the words include: distraught, nurture, chortle, empathy, tentative, obsolete, benign, indolent, unnerve, excruciating, conspicuous, intrigue, palpable, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, transgression, manifest, nondescript, enhance, supplementary, solace, permeate, meticulous, assimilate, petulant, admonish, escalate, magnitude, utopia, cult, sinuous, suppress, exuberant, indulge, luminous, and haphazard.

1. The Giver
Vocabulary List One

2. distraught
• agitated with doubt or mental conflict

3. adhere
• to give support or maintain loyalty
• to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction,
grasping, or fusing
• to bind oneself to observance (adhere to the
rules)

4. aptitude
• capacity for learning
• a natural ability or talent
• inclination or tendency

5. chastise
• to inflict punishment on (usually verbal, but can
be used to indicate physical punishment)

6. nurture
• training or upbringing

7. hoard
• a hidden supply or fund stored up

8. disquieting
• to take away peace or tranquility

9. disposition
• one's usual attitude or mood (a cheerful
disposition)
• a leaning toward a particular way of thinking
or acting
Not so sunny disposition

10. chortle
• to chuckle especially in satisfaction

11. empathy
• a being aware of and sharing another
person's feelings, experiences, and emotions

12. The Giver
Vocabulary List Two

13. tentative
• not fully worked out or developed (tentative
plans)
• hesitant or uncertain

14. frigid
• freezing cold
• not friendly (a frigid stare)

15. obsolete
• no longer in use (an obsolete word)
• of a kind or style no longer current

16. benign
• of a gentle disposition

17. jaunty
• perky in manner or appearance

18. indolent
• disliking effort or activity
• lazy

19. unnerve
• to deprive of nerve, courage, or self-
control (the accident unnerved me)

20. excruciating
• causing great mental or physical pain

21. intricate
• having many complexly interrelating parts,
elements, or considerations

22. conspicuous
• easily seen
• attracting attention

23. The Giver
Vocabulary List Three

24. intrigue
• to arouse the interest or curiosity of
(intrigued by the tale)

25. palpable
• capable of being touched or felt : tangible
• easily sensed : noticeable
• easily understood or recognized : obvious

26. apprehensive
• fearful of what may be coming

27. wheedle
• to get someone to think or act a certain
way by flattering or coaxing (wheedled
them into agreeing)
• to gain or get by coaxing or flattering

28. sift
• to separate out by or as if by putting through
a sieve
• to go through or sort out what is useful or
valuable (sift evidence or sift through a pile
of papers)

29. transgression
• to go beyond set limits : violate (transgress
divine law)
• to violate a command or law

30. manifest
• clear to the senses or mind : obvious (their
relief was manifest)

31. ebb
• the flow away from the shore of seawater
brought in by the tide
• a passing from a high to a low point (our
spirits were at a low ebb)

32. nondescript
• belonging or appearing to belong to no
particular class or kind
• not easily described

33. enhance
• to increase or improve in value, desirability, or
attractiveness

34. supplementary
• added as a supplement : Additional

35. The Giver
Vocabulary List Four

36. solace
• comfort in times of grief or worry

37. permeate
• to spread throughout
Smoke permeates the air.

38. languid
• weak from or as if from exhaustion
• lacking spirit : listless
• lacking force or quickness of movement : slow

39. frazzle
• a tired or nervous condition (worn to a frazzle)

40. dejected
• low in spirits : sad, depressed

41. meticulous
• extremely or overly careful in thinking about or
dealing with small details (a meticulous
researcher)

42. assuage
• to lessen or make easier to bear : soothe, ease
Assuage My Sorrows
Beautiful Orthodox Icon
(20th c. St Anthony's Monastery) of the Theotokos

43. assimilate
• to take something in and make it part of the
thing it has joined
Star Trek: The Next Generation

44. petulant
• marked by displays of rudeness or ill temper

45. admonish
• to criticize or warn gently but seriously : warn
of a fault

46. The Giver
Vocabulary List Five

47. escalate
• to increase in extent, volume, or scope

48. magnitude
• great size or extent
7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan
A road is heavily damaged by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake near
Aratozawa Dam on June 14, 2008 in Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan. At
least four people dead and twelve people are missing. (Getty
Images)

49. utopia
• a place of ideal perfection especially in laws,
government, and social conditions
Utopian Community Advertisement (British 1978)

50. cult
• a system of religious worship
• enthusiastic but often temporary devotion to a
person, idea, or thing
Ufo-Cult Love, 2003
For several years, Gianni Motti has been observing the Raël Sect. Raëlians believe
that aliens landed on earth 25'000 years ago, and created human beings, animals
and plants through cloning technologies, out of dead material. According to their
own latest figures, the sect counts 55'000 devotees.

51. sinuous
• of a snakelike or wavy form : winding
Meander, Sebaskachu River, central Labrador.
The sinuous turns of this river result from a combination of low gradient and a plentiful
supply of sediment supply from the glacial outwash in which the river flows. (Mokami
Hill in the distance.)

52. suppress
• to put down by authority or force (suppress a rebellion)
• to keep from being known (tried to suppress the news)
• to stop the publication or distribution of (suppressed the test
results)
• to hold back : repress (suppress feelings of jealousy or
suppressed a cough)
• to slow or stop the growth or development of : stunt

53. exuberant
• joyfully enthusiastic

54. indulge
• to give in to one's own or another's desires :
Humor (indulged their grandchildren's
whims)
• to allow oneself the pleasure of having or
doing something (decided to indulge in an
ice cream sundae)

55. luminous
• giving off light : shining
• being lighted (a public square luminous with
sunlight)
• clear (luminous writing)
Luminous fungi

56. haphazard
• marked by lack of plan, order, or direction
Messy Room
by Shel Silverstein
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!