English vocabulary words from The Giver by Lois Lowry
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1.
admonition
warning from someone who is higher than
you in position, noun
2.
anguish
a severe mental or physical pain and
suffering, noun, verb
3.
apprehensive
fearful that something bad will happen,
worried about something, adjective
4.
assuage
to make something less, adverb
5.
carnage
the slaughter of a large amount of living
things, noun
6.
chastisement
to be punished severely, verb
7.
crescendo
to get more intense or loud, a climax, noun
8.
dejected
sad or depressed, adjective
9.
dismay
to cause or feel distress, noun and verb
10.
disposition
a persons qualities, noun
11.
distraught
deeply upset, adjective
12.
ecstatic
the feeling of extreme happiness, adjective
13.
empowered
to give power in some way, verb
14.
exempted
to free yourself from something, adjective
15.
fretful
upset, fidget, distressed, adjective
16.
glumly
to be sad or disappointed, adverb
17.
gravely
something serious or solemn, adverb
18.
impeded
to delay or forbid, to stand in the way of
something, verb
19.
indifferently
no interest, neutral, adverb
20.
ironic
something happening in the opposite of what
is expected, adjective
21.
lethargy
lack of energy, unresponsive and
unconscious, verb
22.
luminous
full of light or shining, adjective
23.
meticulously
very careful about details, adjective
24.
nurturer
to care for the growth of something, verb
25.
obsolete
old and out of date, to replace something,
adjective and verb
26.
ominous
the feeling that something bad will happen,
adjective
27.
palpable
able to be touched, adjective
28.
permeated
to spread or infiltrate through something,
verb
29.
resignation
to give up a position, noun
30.
ruefully
sorrow or regret, adjective
31.
scrupulously
extremely aware of details, adjective
32.
serene
calm and peaceful, adjective
33.
shallow
not deep, light, or very exiting, adjective
34.
sheepish
embarrassment about something, adjective
35.
sinuous
curvy or thin, adjective
36.
stealthily
cautious and unseen and unheard, adjective
37.
subsided
to be less in some way, verb
38.
subtle
to be delicate, to get something across by
being indirect, adjective
39.
transgression
an act that breaks a law of some sort, noun
40.
wryly
to mock someone, dry humor, adverb