The Giver Vocab Ch. 11-23
Across
- 2. to speak brokenly or weakly
- 3. hardly noticeable : very small or gradual
- 6. mockingly or teasingly out of reach
- 8. extreme pain or distress of body or mind
- 10. a gentle or friendly criticism or warning
- 11. being or showing a sign of evil or misfortune to come
- 12. pleasing through beauty, fitness, or perfection
- 15. to lessen or make easier to bear
- 16. intended to escape observation
- 18. to spread through all parts of
- 20. to toast by dry heat
- 21. to call upon with a humble request
- 24. a great multitude
- 27. to shrink back (as from pain) : flinch
- 28. uttered with or marked by emphasis
- 30. to call upon with a humble request
- 32. of a snakelike or wavy form
- 33. capable of producing desired results especially without waste (as of time or energy)
- 35. not easily handled or managed because of size or weight
- 36. not lasting
Down
- 1. great destruction of life (as in battle)
- 4. a hole or wound made by puncturing
- 5. the struggle that precedes death
- 7. giving off light
- 9. alert to signs of danger
- 13. something used to receive and contain smaller objects : container
- 14. a long tiring walk
- 17. exciting pity or sympathy
- 19. more complete
- 22. no longer in use
- 23. something used to carry goods or passengers
- 25. to make less or cause to appear less
- 26. to spread throughout
- 29. to take something in and make it part of the thing it has joined
- 31. abnormal sleepiness
- 34. unable to reason