The Giver

Tarah P.
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  1. family unit
    primary social group; parents and children
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  2. Department of Justice
    the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  3. transgression
    the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
    The rules say that if there’s a third transgression, he simply has to be released.”
  4. overwhelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger.
  5. adequately
    in a sufficient manner
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  6. frustration
    an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger.
  7. offender
    a person who transgresses moral or civil law
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  8. unspeakable
    defying expression or description
    No one ever mentioned it; the disgrace was unspeakable.
  9. shiver
    shake, as from cold
    Jonas shivered.
  10. frighten
    cause fear in
    “I feel frightened, too, for him,” she confessed.
  11. release
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
    The rules say that if there’s a third transgression, he simply has to be released.”
  12. overwhelming
    very intense
    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger.
  13. punish
    impose a penalty on
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  14. someone
    a human being
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  15. punished
    subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  16. guilt
    the state of having committed an offense
    And even guilt that she hadn’t made a difference in his life.
  17. disgrace
    a state of dishonor
    No one ever mentioned it; the disgrace was unspeakable.
  18. unit
    a single undivided whole
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  19. restore
    bring back into original existence, function, or position
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  20. Justice
    the U.S. department responsible for enforcing federal laws
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  21. feelings
    emotional or moral sensitivity
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  22. prominent
    conspicuous in position or importance
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  23. talk about
    to consider or examine in speech or writing
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  24. repeat
    say or state again
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  25. rule
    prescribed guide for conduct or action
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  26. confess
    admit to a wrongdoing
    “I feel frightened, too, for him,” she confessed.
  27. eleven
    the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
    There was even a boy in his group of Elevens whose father had been released years before.
  28. frightened
    made afraid
    “I feel frightened, too, for him,” she confessed.
  29. anger
    the state of being very annoyed
    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger.
  30. job
    a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  31. fairly
    without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  32. mention
    make reference to
    No one ever mentioned it; the disgrace was unspeakable.
  33. third
    one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
    “You know that there’s no third chance.
  34. imagine
    expect, believe, or suppose
    It was hard to imagine.
  35. feeling
    a physical sensation that you experience
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  36. happen
    come to pass
    He knew it happened.
  37. bring
    take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  38. department
    a specialized division of a large organization
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  39. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
    And even guilt that she hadn’t made a difference in his life.
  40. today
    on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  41. break
    destroy the integrity of
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  42. simply
    in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment
    The rules say that if there’s a third transgression, he simply has to be released.”
  43. broken
    physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  44. group
    any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
    There was even a boy in his group of Elevens whose father had been released years before.
  45. chance
    an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon
    “You know that there’s no third chance.
  46. before
    at or in the front
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  47. position
    the particular part of space occupied by something
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  48. talk
    use language
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  49. hold
    have in one's hands or grip
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  50. cause
    events that provide the generative force of something
    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger.
  51. hope
    the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  52. feel
    be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
    “I feel frightened, too, for him,” she confessed.
  53. father
    a male parent
    There was even a boy in his group of Elevens whose father had been released years before.
  54. hard
    resisting weight or pressure
    It was hard to imagine.
  55. family
    a group of people related to one another
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  56. held
    occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  57. boy
    a youthful male person
    There was even a boy in his group of Elevens whose father had been released years before.
  58. second
    coming next after the first in position in space or time
    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger.
  59. have
    possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
    Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
  60. even
    being level or straight or regular and without variation
    And even guilt that she hadn’t made a difference in his life.
  61. know
    be cognizant or aware of a fact or a piece of information
    “You know that there’s no third chance.
  62. next
    immediately following in time or order
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  63. mother
    a woman who has given birth to a child
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
  64. year
    the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
    There was even a boy in his group of Elevens whose father had been released years before.
  65. home
    where you live at a particular time
    Someone who she hoped had been adequately and fairly punished, and who had been restored to his job, his home, his family unit.
  66. there
    in or at that place
    “You know that there’s no third chance.
  67. ever
    at all times; all the time and on every occasion
    No one ever mentioned it; the disgrace was unspeakable.
  68. years
    a prolonged period of time
    There was even a boy in his group of Elevens whose father had been released years before.
  69. too
    to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
    “I feel frightened, too, for him,” she confessed.
  70. say
    utter aloud
    The rules say that if there’s a third transgression, he simply has to be released.”
  71. make
    perform or carry out
    And even guilt that she hadn’t made a difference in his life.
  72. life
    the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms
    And even guilt that she hadn’t made a difference in his life.
  73. made
    produced by a manufacturing process
    And even guilt that she hadn’t made a difference in his life.
  74. see
    perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger.
  75. time
    the continuum of experience in which events pass to the past
    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger.
  76. about
    (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
    Next, Mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, talked about her feelings.
Created on Mon Nov 19 13:27:02 EST 2012

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