The Giver ch 13-17 Flashcards
Sinuous
“With its SINUOUS trunk it stroked the huge corpse; then it reached up, broke some leafy branches with a snap, and draped them over the mass of torn thick flesh.”
Graceful and agile; full of smooth bends and curves.
Irrationally
“He found that he was often angry, now: IRRATIONALLY angry at his group mates, that they were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrancy his own was taking on.”
Without reason or understanding.
Assimilated
“Finally it subsided as the memories were assimilated.”
Absorbed; understood
Embedded
“He watched the landscape for glimpses of the green that he knew was EMBEDDED in the shrubbery; when it came flickering into his consciousness, he focused upon it, keeping it there, darkening it, holding it in his vision for as long as possible until his head hurt and he let it fade away.”
An integral part of something.
Agony
“In his AGONY he perceived the word ‘fire’ and felt flames licking at the torn bone and flesh.”
Intense pain.
Assuage
“It was not enough to ASSUAGE the pain that Jonas was beginning, now, to know.”
To lessen the intensity if pain or discomfort; to calm.
Ominous
“Now it was OMINOUS.”
Foreboding sense of evil.
Placidly
“‘After all this extra time I’ve put in with him,’ Father said one evening after Gabriel had been bathed and was lying, for the moment, hugging his hippo PLACIDLY in the small crib that had replaced the basket, ‘I hope they’re not going to release him.’”
With a clam nature and appearance.
Anguish
“‘Put your hands on me,’ he directed, aware that in such ANGUISH The Giver might need reminding.”
Mental pain, distress, or anxiety.
Ecstatic
“In one ECSTATIC memory he had ridden a gleaming brown horse across a field that smelled of damp grass, and had dismounted beside a small stream from which both he and the horse drank cold, clear water.”
Feeling great pleasure or delight.
Wisp
“I am left with a vague WISP of that one; and I have many other memories of families, and holidays, and happiness.”
Fragment; trace.
Permeated
“And his new, heightened feelings PERMEATED a greater realm than simply his sleep.”
Spread throughout; penetrated.
Injustice
“Now he had, in the memories, experienced INJUSTICE and cruelty, and he had reacted with rage that welled up so passionately inside him that the thought of discussing it calmly at the evening meal was unthinkable.”
Unfair treatment
Expertise
“‘EXPERTISE,’ Jonas corrected him automatically.”
Special skill or knowledge.
Trudged
“Jonas TRUDGED to the bench beside the Storehouse and sat down, overwhelmed with feelings of loss.”
Walk steadily and with great effort.
