Word finder by Minerva Ontiveros Chapter 1-11

Ironic

a contrast between what is expected and what actually occur. for example in chapter 1, when the speaker informs the community that the errant pilot will be released, he uses an amusing tone in his voice, but the act of release is a serious, fatal matter.



Palpable

here, meaning real.

Hatchery
Jona's community includes a salmon hatchery, a place where salmon are raised for the people's consumption.

Tunic
a piece of clothing

Wheedler
here, to compete for attention.

Animals
a term used in jonas' community to describe someone uneducated or clumsy, or someone who didn't fir in.

Supplementary
additional

December Ceremony
the ceremony during in which the children in each peer group chronologically move from one age to the next; infants are place with family units, and twelve are assigned their lifelong careers.

Hall of Open Records
a building that stores records about citizens and events, as well as other information that is available to citizens of the community.

Comford Object
a stuffed animal that is issued to an infant until the child becomes an eight, at which time the stuffed animal is recycled for another child's use.

Chastise
criticize

Birthmother
a female who is assigned to give birth to three children within three years, after which she becomes a laborer.

House of the old
a facility, similar to a nursing home, in which elderly people reside and are cared for a caretaker.

Hoarded
selfishly accumulated.

Droning on
speaking continously; chattering idly.

Collection crew
people assigned to pick up food trays left outside of dwellings.

Stirrings
feelings of sexual desire.

Indulgently
here, meaning patiently, contentedly , and happpily.

Elsewhere
a place outside of the community; lowry only hints at what and where elsewhere is.

Ceremony of lost
when child dies unexpectely, the citizens of the community repeat the deat person's name over and over and more and more softly during the day.

buoyancy
the ability to stay afloat.

Aptitude
skill or ability

sheepish
embarrassed and uncomfortable.

retroactive
putting something in effect an earlier time.

ruefully
regretfully or sad.

Piecemeal
scattered; not together or in unison.

benign
not harmful; gentle and calm.

Idolence
laziness

solemnly
seriously, with awe

Exempted
freed; not responsible.

Integral
necessary

Alcove
a small area set off from a large room or space.

Conspicuous
noticeable

Runners
blades use to glide over a surface, usually ice.

Climate control
Jonas' community controls the weather so that it is the same all the time.