Vocabulary The Giver

To be freed from an obligation/ not having to do something

• exempt

• solitude

• permeate

• grave

Very serious

• solitude

• immobilized

• grave

• parched

Very painful

• contorted

• excruciating

• grave

• content

Desperate begging

• permeate

• exasperation

• implore

• excruciating

attentive

• Carefully paying attention

• Older members of a community who have much influence

• To feel jealousy for another person’s situation or life.

• Someone who helps others grow and develop

nurturer

• Carefully paying attention

• A natural ability to do something

• Someone who helps others grow and develop

• To feel jealousy for another person’s situation or life.

accustomed

• a feeling of anxiety or worry; a lack of peace

• used to; familiar with

• excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry

• in a casually calm and relaxed manner

conceivable

• great enjoyment

• to send something across places; to pass along

• openly resist or refuse to obey

• to image can happen; believable

defy

• openly resist or refuse to obey

• to image can happen; believable

• great enjoyment

• a feeling of anxiety or worry; a lack of peace

exempt

• not cheerful or happy; very serious

• a feeling of anxiety or worry; a lack of peace

• to image can happen; believable

• excused; not subject to