The Giver Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. ditches that run parallel to roads.
  2. 3. a person who cares for the elderly in the House of the Old.
  3. 8. without a noticeable result.
  4. 9. noticeable.
  5. 10. common house or garden plants that have white, pink, or red flowers.
  6. 12. warning
  7. 13. agitated or uneasy.
  8. 14. a conductor through which electric charge is passed.
  9. 15. the ability to stay afloat.
  10. 18. added to.
  11. 19. begging for understanding in a painful situation.
  12. 20. a place outside of the community; Lowry only hints at what and where Elsewhere is.
  13. 21. a term used in Jonas' community to describe someone "uneducated or clumsy, or someone who didn't fit in."
  14. 22. a small area set off from a larger room or space
Down
  1. 2. here, meaning patiently, contentedly, and happily.
  2. 3. here, meaning a mutilated and bloody body.
  3. 4. absorbed.
  4. 5. criticize.
  5. 6. a female who is assigned to give birth to three children within three years, after which she becomes a Laborer.
  6. 7. not harmful; gentle and calm.
  7. 11. skill or ability.
  8. 16. here, meaning transportation.
  9. 17. freed; not responsible