McGill Giver Vocabulary

  • Utopia (Noun)

    Utopia (Noun)
    Definition: An ideal community or perfect society. Example: Jonas lives in a utopia, where everything is safe and there's no problems, unlike their world, our world is not perfect. Antonym: imperfect, crime
  • Chastise (Verb)

    Chastise (Verb)
    Definition: To discipline or punish Example: After adam broke his phone out of rage, his Dad had to chastise him by grounding him for 2 weeks. Antonym: Reward, congratulate
  • Recollection (noun)

    Recollection (noun)
    Definition: A memory of an event. Example: I was so tired last night that I have no recollection of when I went to sleep. Antonym: Forget
  • Conformity (noun)

    Conformity (noun)
    Definition: The act of following others or doing
    what others do in order to fit in with them. Example: The new girl at school, used conformity because she did not know anyone. Antonym: Rebel, unique, different
  • Vast (adjective)

    Vast (adjective)
    Definition: huge in size or extent; immense. Example: The mountain range was a very beautiful and vast sight. Antonym: Small, minature
  • Apprehensive (adjective)

    Apprehensive (adjective)
    Definition: uneasy or fearful about something that might happen. Example: Jonas was a little apprehensive about what job he might be assigned. Antonym: Confident, unfearful