The giver

2. blades used to glide over a surface, usually ice.
4. putting something in effect at an earlier time.
6. -to See Beyond In the community, sensory experiences have been genetically altered by scientists so that everyone will be the same.
11. agitated or uneasy.
12. regretfully or sadly.
15. When a child becomes Twelve, he or she is assigned to their future career so that training may begin.
16. spiritless or weak.
17. here, meaning a mutilated and bloody body.
18. freed; not responsible.
19. added to.
20. He holds all of the memories of the world, therefore is an important advisor to leaders.

1. the ability to stay afloat.
3. seriously, with awe.
5. ditches that run parallel to roads.
7. On the rare occasion that a citizen dies unexpectedly, the community comes together and chants the person's name softer and softer until it is no longer audible.
8. embarrassed and uncomfortable.
9. After each meal, a group of Laborers goes from door to door to collect all of the leftovers that are left on the front porch.
10. In the community, everything stays the same all the time, including the weather.
13. selfishly accumulated.
14. not harmful; gentle and calm.
17. a person who cares for the elderly in the House of the Old.