The Giver 1-8 Vocab

Define apprehensive

• causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing

• anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

• move or travel hurriedly

• feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow, repentance, or regret

Answer explanation

Apprehensive is about something that WILL or COULD happen. It is a future fear.

Define Hasten

• occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or desire

• move or travel hurriedly

• turn away

• in a serious, earnest, formal, or ceremonious manner

Define ruefully

• showing impatient irritation, especially over some minor annoyance

• the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled

• feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow, repentance, or regret

• Voluntarily cease to keep or claim

Answer explanation

Rueful is a response to something a person HAS done. It is about a past action.

Define Adherence

• in a serious, earnest, formal, or ceremonious manner

• the quality of steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment

• turn away

• in a precise and thorough way

Answer explanation

Adherence is about loyalty and following directions while meticulous is about getting the details right. The difference is the reason for doing the specific action.

Define Disquieting

• in a precise and thorough way

• causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing

• a natural ability to do something

• the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled

Answer explanation

Disquieting is the creating of angst or unease

Define serenely

• occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or desire

• the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled

• voluntarily cease to keep or claim

• severe mental or physical pain or suffering

Define Aptitude

• anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

• a natural ability to do something

• voluntarily cease to keep or claim

• feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow, repentance, or regret

Define Relinquish

• move or travel hurriedly

• voluntarily releasing claim

• turn away

• feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow, repentance, or regret

Answer explanation

The difference between "turning away" and a "voluntarily releasing claim" is the difference of ownership. Turning away means never owning while releasing means giving up of ownership.

Define avert

• move or travel hurriedly

• turn away

• voluntarily releasing claim

• the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled

Answer explanation

The difference between "turning away" and a "voluntarily releasing claim" is the difference of ownership. Turning away means never owning while releasing means giving up of ownership.

Define Chastise

• move or travel hurriedly

• rebuke or reprimand severely

• showing impatient irritation, especially over some minor annoyancein a precise and thorough way

• in a precise and thorough way