All 4 Uses of
appropriate
in
The Giver
- "I'm feeling apprehensive," he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him.
p. 9..7 *appropriate = suitable (fitting for a particular situation)
- No one had mentioned it, not even his parents, because the public announcement had been sufficient to produce the appropriate remorse.
p. 23..6appropriate = suitable (fitting) for a particular situation
- Father had gone before the committee with a plea on behalf of Gabriel, who had not yet gained the weight appropriate to his days of life nor begun to sleep soundly enough at night to be placed with his family unit.
p. 42..5appropriate = suitable (fitting)
- Do you understand why it's inappropriate to use a word like 'love'?
p. 127..7inappropriate = not suitable (fitting) for a particular situationstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inappropriate means not and reverses the meaning of appropriate. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definition:
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(appropriate as in: it is appropriate) suitable (fitting) for a particular situation