The Giver — Vocabulary
Lois Lowry
(Edited)

Go immediately to your dwelling at the conclusion of Training Hours each day.p.68.5alternate pages38 more

I'll have to select the one to be nurtured, and the one to be released.p.114.8alternate pages43 more

The entire community had performed the Ceremony of Loss together, murmuring the name Caleb throughout an entire day, less and less frequently, softer in volume, as the long and somber day went on, so that the little Four seemed to fade away gradually from everyone's consciousness.p.44.5alternate pages12 more

Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine?p.89.7alternate pages11 more

But many came to the stage accompanied by another child beaming with pride to receive a little brother or sister, the way Jonas had when he was about to be a Five.p.43.4alternate pages3 more

Jonas nodded, agreeing, as he recalled the incident, and its accompanying misery.p.63.1alternate pages3 more

Suddenly he perceived the word for it: sunshine.p.85.2alternate pages9 more

Without wisdom I could not fulfill my function of advising the Committee of Elders when they call upon me.p.111.2alternate pages2 more

And of course our community can't function smoothly if people don't use precise language.p.127.4alternate pages2 more

"We failed in our last selection," the Chief Elder said solemnly.p.61.2alternate pages7 more

But there was a little shudder of nervousness when he thought about it, about what might happen. Apprehensive, Jonas decided. That's what I am.p.4.9alternate pages4 more

It was a small thing, the standing; but no one had ever stood automatically to acknowledge Jonas's presence before.p.73.3alternate pages3 more

All of it — all the things they had thought through so meticulously — fell apart. That night, Jonas was forced to flee.p.163.2alternate pages4 more

"I'm feeling apprehensive," he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him.p.9.6alternate pages3 more

He sat in his dwelling alone, watching through the window, seeing children at play, citizens bicycling home from uneventful days at work, ordinary lives free of anguish because he had been selected, as others before him had, to bear their burden.p.121.3alternate pages6 more

We are convinced that Jonas has the ability to acquire wisdom.p.63.5alternate pages4 more

"But you will be faced, now," she explained gently, "with pain of a magnitude that none of us here can comprehend because it is beyond our experience."p.63.1alternate pages3 more

"Everyone had access to memories. It was chaos," he said. "They really suffered for a while. Finally it subsided as the memories were assimilated. But it certainly made them aware of how they need a Receiver to contain all that pain."p.104.5alternate pages2 more

Each family member, including Lily, had been required to sign a pledge that they would not become attached to this little temporary guest, and that they would relinquish him without protest or appeal when he was assigned to his own family unit at next year's Ceremony.p.42.9alternate pages3 more

There would be an announcement like that quite soon, he felt certain, and it would be directed mainly at Lily, though her name, of course, would not be mentioned.p.23.2alternate pages13 more