1. Empowered

Sentence: “I am empowered to lie. But I have never lied to you.” Jonas stared at him (pg 153)

Guess: Did something a lot of time.

Definition: give (someone) the authority or power to do something.

2. Hunched

Sentence: The Giver rubbed Jonas’s hunched shoulder. (Pg 154)

Guess: Grumpy

Definition: raise (one’s shoulders) and bend the top of one’s body forward.

3. Gesture

Sentence: The Giver shook his head and made a gesture to silence him. (pg 155)

Guess: A force, our goals

Definition: a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.

4. Burden

Sentence: It will mean that the community has to bear the burden themselves, of the memories you had been holding for them. (pg 155)

Guess: Guessing, remember

Definition: a load, especially a heavy one.

5. Dwelling

Sentence: Jonas would secretly leave his dwelling. (pg 158)

Guess: A ceremony, a important event.

Definition: a house, apartment, or other place of residence.

6. Inconsiderate

Sentence:They would think him inconsiderate and they would plan to chastise him, later. (pg 159)

Guess: A crime, a bad guy, a villain.

Definition: thoughtlessly causing hurt or inconvenience to others.

7. Condemned

sentence: enough that if he were caught, now, he would be condemned. (pg 165)

Guess: Put in jail, got in trouble.

Definition: express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure.

8. Accustomed

Sentence: whether he could comfortable ride the larger bike when he was so accustomed to his own. (pg 166)

Guess: didn’t believe in something, scared

Definition: customary or usual.

9. Fugitives

Sentence: Together the fugitives slept through the first dangerous day. (pg 167)

Guess: Prisoners.

Definition: a person who is fleeing from custody, whether it be from jail, a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals.

10. Meager

Sentence: They finish the meager store of potatoes and carrots they had saved from the last agricultural area, and now they were always hungry.

Guess: A grocery shop.

Definition: (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.