admonition
A gentle warning against some activity
annex
A small building attached to a larger one
apprehensive
Being anxious and worried about the future
Assignment
The career that Elevens are given when they turn Twelve at the Ceremony of Twelve
assuage
To make easier or less painful
Capacity to See Beyond
In Jonas's case, he can see color, unlike other members of the community.
Ceremony of Loss
The community chants a person's name more and more quietly until it fades away, as a manner of mourning his death and allowing his memory to fade from everyone's consciousness.
Climate Control
The process by which society had gotten rid of sunshine, snow, and other weather in order to make growing crops easier
crescendo
The effect of rising in volume
haphazard
Random or sporadic
indolence
Laziness and sloth
jaunty
Lively and confident
Murmur-of-Replacement Ceremony
The community crescendos in their chanting of a name so that the new person can spiritually replace his predecessor
rehabilitation
The process of healing and treating conditions with physical movement
release
The term in Jonas's society for euthanasia by lethal injection
Sameness
The process of standardization of people and their environment that Jonas's society underwent in order to make life safe and predictable
Stirrings
The feeling of wanting that comes with the first indications of human sexuality in adolescents in Jonas's society
syringe
A needle with a plunger used to inject fluids into the body
The Ceremony
An annual event in which members of Jonas's society gather to watch the children grow one year older and come closer to becoming an adult
The Receiver of Memory
The individual who holds memories of the entire world for the community
