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The giver Vocab
Chimeno
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perceived | Become aware or conscious of; understood;realized; senssed ; saw; felt; observed |
| Soundly | In a right, correct, or proper way; in a good or healthy manner; in a way that shows good judgement; wisely; well; deeply; completely; throughly |
| Chastisement | The act of inflicting pain as a punishment; a scolding or verbal punishment; severe critism or correction for improper behavior |
| Disposition | A general attitude; a temperament |
| Fleeting | Lasting only for a brief moment; passing or tending to pass quickly; not permanent |
| Serene | Calm; placid or tranquil ; un disturbed or unruffled |
| Apprehensive | Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger; in fear or dead of possible evil or harm; anxious or worried ; quick to understand |
| Designated | Having been set apart for a purpose or duty or chosen officially to do a particular job; having been assigned a name or given a title |
| Successor | Someone who follows or replaces another in a position; one who succeeds another in a job, position, or situation |
| Ritual | A trsdional or established ceremony; a custom that does not vary in its practice ; a rite; a customary practice or observance |
| Glee | Extreme or great happiness or merriment ; good humor ; a feeling of great amusement or pleasure ; joy ; deligh |
| Exempted | Excused;not made part of; released from usual duty |
| Relinquished | Gave up; withdrew from; left behind ; abandoned ; surrendered; let go; ; released ; quit |
| Excruciating | Tending to inflict or cause keen or intense pain or suffering , mental or physical ; painful to the point of being impossible or nearly impossible ti bear |
| menticulously | In a manner that shows extreme care for and attention to details; almost to a fault ; with much concern about exactness and precision ; very careful |