The Giver Vocabulary

1. The power to float or rise in a fluid
7. To irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely
9. The quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy
11. To discipline, esp. by corporal punishment
14. To beg urgently
15. Counsel, advice, or caution
16. Menacing; threatening
19. Having many curves, bends, or turns; winding
20. To make cheerful or merry
24. Distracted; deeply agitated
25. To become spread throughout all parts of
27. The state of being or living alone; seclusion
29. Abounding in vitality; extremely joyful and vigorous
30. Undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid
34. The slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre
35. Habitual laziness; sloth
37. Depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited
38. A medical instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from it
39. Miserable; pitiable
40. Breach; violation; infringement
43. Reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes
44. Calm, peaceful, or tranquil
45. Causing sorrow or pity
46. Quickness in learning and understanding; intelligence

2. Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
3. Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc; obvious, evident; capable of being touched or felt; tangible
4. Characterized by the use of unpleasant remarks intended to hurt a person's feelings
5. To renounce, surrender, or give up
6. Lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
8. Exposure to the risk of harm or loss
10. To chuckle gleefully
12. Taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
13. Mutually dependent; depending on each other
17. Lenient or permissive
18. Added to or made greater in amount or number or strength
20. Extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing
21. Faithful Attachment
22. To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate
23. A violation of a law, command, or a duty
26. To confuse or puzzle mentally
28. To pass into or through every part of
31. Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble
32. To delay the impending punishment or sentence
33. Having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled
36. To make immobile or immovable; fix in place
41. Nervous and unable to relax
42. Out of date
46. Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain