The Giver reading schedule/vocabulary
______________Week 1 p. 1-33
______________Week 2 p. 34-64
______________Week 3 p. 65-96
______________Week 4 p. 97-129
______________Week 5 p. 130-162
______________Week 6 p. 163-180
Ch 1-4
Ch 5-8
Ch 9-12
Ch 13-16
Ch 17-20
Ch 21-end
7th grade
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The first 15 words will be multiple choice. The next 5 words will need to be used correctly in a
sentence to show your understanding of the word. (Review words from first trimester.) You will
need to be able to identify and/or spell all 25 words.(Words in italics are commonly misused or
misspelled words.)
Week 1 Vocab and spelling
1. Intrigued: make somebody greatly interested or curious
2. Petulantly: ill-tempered or sulky in a peevish manner
3. Anthem: song of allegiance
4. Distraught: extremely upset
5. Bewildered: to confuse or puzzle somebody completely
6. Wheedle: coax somebody or persuade someone to do something using flattery
7. Disposition: personality, somebody’s usual mood or temperment
8. Infraction: failure to obey or fulfill a law, contract or agreement
9. Prominent: well-known, distinguished
10. Adherence: obey, support
Be able to use the next 5 words in a sentence for the quiz. The sentence should indicate that
you understand the definition. The sentence should also relate to the novel we are reading.
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transform: change the shape or structure of
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detect: notice or discover something
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luminous: giving off light
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utter: speak
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dislodge: force from a position or place
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a lot
all right
allowed
another
are/our
Week 2 Vocab and spelling
1. Indulgently: tending to be tolerant and allowing people to have what they want
2. Inadequate: not good enough, or not enough
3. Transgressions: a crime or act that violates a law, command or moral code
4. Infringed: disobey or disregard a law or regulation
5. Sanitation: cleanliness, hygiene
6. Retroactive: applying to the past as well as the present
7. Avert: prevent something from happening
8. Crescendo: increase in loudness, or intensity
9. Fleeing: run away
10. Meticulously: precise and extremely careful
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significant: meaning; importance
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compelled: forced
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resumed: begin again; continued
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slackening: easing; becoming less active
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resilient: springing back into shape
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asked
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beautiful
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because
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believe/belief
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bought
Week 3
1. Throng: crowd
2. Designated: to formally choose somebody for a job, position or duty
3. Annex: a building added on to another building
4. Exempted: freed from a duty, tax or military service that is required of others
5. Requisitioned: a demand for something that is required
6. Excruciating: extremely painful
7. Steeled: to make someone unfeeling or tough enough to withstand a setback or trial
8. Alcove: a recess (an indented or hollowed-out space ) in the wall of a room
9. Conspicuous: easily visible
10. Embossed: decorated with a raised pattern
11. anticipate: to consider something before it happens
12. emerged: came into view: became visible
13. credible: easy to believe
14. malicious: spiteful; hateful
15. perspective: an assessment or situation, especially from one person’s point of view
16. calendar
17. children
18. choose/chose
19. clothes
20. coming
Week 4
1. Torrent: rush of liquid
2. Skittered: run with tiny steps
3. Assuage: relieve something unpleasant
4. Ominous: threatening, suggesting or indicating that something bad is going to happen
5. Carnage: widespread massacre of people
6. Admonition: advice for or against doing somethign
7. Hueless: without color
8. Sinuous: graceful
9. Embedded: to fix something deeply in the mind or memory
10. Pervaded: spread throughout something
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presumptuous: overconfident; arrogant
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malicious: spiteful; hateful
13.
awe: mixed feelings of fear and wonder
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rash: thoughtless; reckless
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credible: easy to believe
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course
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definite(ly)
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divide
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doesn’t
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doubt
Week 5
1. Permeated: spread through
2. Ambush: surprise attack
3. Suppressing: cause to stop
4. Dejected: very unhappy
5. Luminous: emitting light or reflecting light
6. Imploringly: begging
7. Devastated: damage severely
8. Receptacle: container
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insignificant: not having an important meeting
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communal: shared by all
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promote: encourage; contribute to the growth of
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relevant: having a logical connection with
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distinct: separate and different
14. enough
15. escape
16. every
17. February
18. finally
Week 6.
1. Rueful: regretful
2. Emphatically: forcefully
3. Stride: walk with long steps
4. Stealthily: try avoid being noticed
5. Customary: usual
6. Languid: without energy
7. Augmented: to add to something in order to make it larger or more substantial
8. Taut: stretched tightly
9. Vigilant: watchful
10. Perils: exposure to risk or harm
11. Obscured: not able to be seen
12. Lethargy: tiredness, lack of energy
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evaluate: to examine something in order to gain information or make a judgment
justifiable, or logically correct
optimist: somebody who is hopeful and positive
gauge: estimate or judge
tolerant: accepting; free from bigotry or prejudice
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forty
friends
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