The giver vocba Flashcards
The Sense of his own community silent, waiting, had made his stomach _____
Churn
he remembered that moment of _______, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above.
Palpable
______ is too strong an adjective to describe salmon-viewing.
Distraught
He glanced at his mother, the one responsible for ______ to the rules and was relieved she was smiling.
Adherence
The committee would never bother the receiver with a question about bicycles they would simply _____ and argue about it themselves.
Fret
He didn’t like it that mentioned his eyes. He waited for his dad to ______ Lily.
Chastise
As if one were looking into the clear water of the river down to the bottom, where things might _____ which hadn’t been discovered yet
Lurk
They almost _______ did their hours on Recreation Duty first, helping with the younger ones is a place where they still felt comfortable.
Invariably
It was rumored that he was as skilled now as the Rehabilitation Directors themselves, and that he had even developed some machines and methods to ______ rehabilitation.
Hasten
The bicycle, at Nine, would be the powerful ______ of moving gradually out into the community away from the protective family unit.
Emblem
I can’t even swim very well, he said , My swimming instructor said that I don’t have the right boyishness or something. ______ Jonas corrected him.
Buoyancy
Jonas shrugged. It didn’t worry him. How could someone not fit in? The community was so ________ ordered, the choices so carefully made
Meticulously
Jonas stowed his bicycle beside Mother’s and made his way through the _____ to find his group.
Throng
The audience murmured in agreement. Asher’s cheerful _______ was well-known throughout the community
Disposition
They applauded at the final assignment; but the applause was _____, no longer a crescendo of united enthusiasm.
Piecemeal