The Giver Vocabulary

5. the temporary cancellation or delay of a punishment
9. the quality of being bright vivid energetic or resonant
11. performing an action with extreme care precision and attention to minute details
13. to fully absorb understand or incorporate ideas culture or nutrients
16. something with many small complex and interrelated parts often making it difficult to understand
17. joyful gleeful or partly muffled laughing combining a chuckle and a snort
18. the act of obtaining or gaining possession of an asset object or company
19. something gentle kindly or harmless
20. the act of inflicting punishment severe criticism or a strong reprimand to correct behavior

1. the act of transporting goods
2. very easy to see—often in an undesired way
3. an act that breaks a law, rule, or moral code
4. to spread throughout all parts of a place or to be present in every part of something
6. to do something in a calm peaceful quiet or undisturbed manner
7. a natural ability talent or capacity to learn or do something
8. something no longer used needed or produced usually replaced by more efficient methods
10. uneasy anxious or fearful that something unpleasant may happen in the future
12. to voluntarily surrender release give up or abandon
14. a habitual chronic state of laziness inactivity or an aversion to work and effort
15. a facial expression or humor that is crooked distorted or ironic typically showing dry mocking