The Giver Vocabulary Week Three
1. Luminous- adj.- glowing or emitting light
2. Chute- noun- a slope or shaft to drop things down
3. Rueful- adj.- regretful or remorseful
4. Stealthily- adv.- trying to avoid being noticed; furtively
5. Chastise- verb- to reprimand or discipline
6. Meager- adj.- unsatisfactorily small or of bad quality
7. Yearned- verb- to long for or desire
8. Treacherously- adv.- to behave deceitfully or like a traitor
9. Burden- noun- a worrying responsibility; problem
10. Punctuation Rule: Use commas to introduce or interrupt direct quotations.
The Giver Vocabulary Practice 3 Name: ______
Word bank: luminous, chute, burden, rueful, meager, chastise, yearned, treacherously, stealthily
Directions: Match with vocabulary words with the synonym sets.
1. ______silently, sneakily, furtively
2. ______insufficient, scanty, small
3. ______desired, longed, craved
4. ______scold, reprimand, punish
5. ______descent, slope, shaft
6. ______apologetic, repentant, regretful
Directions: Complete the statements defining the vocabulary words.
7. Commas are used to ______or ______direct quotations.
8. To yearn is to ______something greatly.
9. A person might use a chute to ______.
10. If your friend is rueful, then they are ______.
11. Directions: Insert the commas in the dialogue.
He said “I don't care.” "I don't know" was his meager reply.
"Why " I asked "don't you care?" "Stop evading my questions “ I chastised.
The Giver Vocabulary Practice 3 Name: ______
Word bank: luminous, chute, burden, rueful, meager, chastise, yearned, treacherously, stealthily
Directions: Match with vocabulary words with the synonym sets.
1. ______silently, sneakily, furtively
2. ______insufficient, scanty, small
3. ______desired, longed, craved
4. ______scold, reprimand, punish
5. ______descent, slope, shaft
6. ______apologetic, repentant, regretful
Directions: Complete the statements defining the vocabulary words.
7. Commas are used to ______or ______direct quotations.
8. To yearn is to ______something greatly.
9. A person might use a chute to ______.
10. If your friend is rueful, then they are ______.
11. Directions: Insert the commas in the dialogue.
He said “I don't care.” "I don't know" was his meager reply.
"Why " I asked "don't you care?" "Stop evading my questions “ I chastised.
Directions: Match the vocabulary word to the image.
Directions: Match the vocabulary word to the image.
The Giver Vocabulary Quiz 3
luminous, chute, burden, rueful, meager, chastise, yearned, treacherously, stealthily
Match the definition to the word.
1. glowing or emitting light 4. Too small
2. a slope or shaft 5. To long for
3. regretful or remorseful
Use the word in a sentence with context clues.
6. stealthily 8. treacherously
7. chastise 9. burden
10. Punctuate the sentence with commas and quotation marks.
What I asked is your favorite food?
The Giver Vocabulary Quiz 3 Name: ______
Match the definition to the word.
1. glowing or emitting light A. luminous
2. Too small B. chute
3. a slope or shaft C. rueful
4. To long for D. meager
5. regretful or remorseful E. yearned
6. stealthily A. a worrying responsibility; problem
8. treacherously B. trying to avoid being noticed; furtively
7. chastise C. to reprimand or discipline
9. burden D. introduce or interrupt direct quotations.
10. commas E. to behave deceitfully or like a traitor
The Giver Vocabulary Quiz 3 Name: ______
Match the definition to the word.
1. glowing or emitting light A. luminous
2. Too small B. chute
3. a slope or shaft C. rueful
4. To long for D. meager
5. regretful or remorseful E. yearned
6. stealthily A. a worrying responsibility; problem
8. treacherously B. trying to avoid being noticed; furtively
7. chastise C. to reprimand or discipline
9. burden D. introduce or interrupt direct quotations.
10. commas E. to behave deceitfully or like a traitor
The Giver Vocabulary Quiz 3 Name: ______
Match the definition to the word.
1. glowing or emitting light A. luminous
2. Too small B. chute
3. a slope or shaft C. rueful
4. To long for D. meager
5. regretful or remorseful E. yearned
6. stealthily A. a worrying responsibility; problem
8. treacherously B. trying to avoid being noticed; furtively
7. chastise C. to reprimand or discipline
9. burden D. introduce or interrupt direct quotations.
10. commas E. to behave deceitfully or like a traitor