The Giver Vocab (Ch. 20-23)

Question 1

acquire

Answer 1

to gain possession of

Question 2

emphatically

Answer 2

with emphasis

Question 3

mounting

Answer 3

ascending

Question 4

solace

Answer 4

comfort in sorrow

Question 5

flagging

Answer 5

weakening

Question 6

grimly

Answer 6

dismally or gloomily

Question 7

lush

Answer 7

extremely pleasing to the senses

Question 8

methodically

Answer 8

characterized by order and systematic habits

Question 9

relentlessly

Answer 9

steadily and persistently

Question 10

subsided

Answer 10

became less agitated or active

Question 11

subtle

Answer 11

so slight as to be difficult to detect

Question 12

tantalizing

Answer 12

arousing desire for something unattainable

Question 13

throaty

Answer 13

rough or gutteral

Question 14

warble

Answer 14

a musical song

Question 15

yearned

Answer 15

to have a strong, often melancholy desire

Question 16

crested

Answer 16

reached the highest or culminating point

Question 17

diminished

Answer 17

lessened

Question 18

feebly

Answer 18

weakly

Question 19

imperceptibly

Answer 19

slowly

Question 20

incision

Answer 20

a depression carved into a surface

Question 21

leaden

Answer 21

heavy and inert

Question 22

lethargy

Answer 22

sluggishness

Question 23

loomed

Answer 23

came into view

Question 24

resignation

Answer 24

unresisting acceptance of something as inescapable

Question 25

surged

Answer 25

moved like advancing waves

Question 26

treacherously

Answer 26

marked by unforeseen hazards