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The Giver

Words

TermDefinition
Apprehensive anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Distraught deeply upset and agitated.
Disposition a person's inherent qualities of mind and character.
Transgression an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense.
Awe a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.
Enhance intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
Adherence attachment or commitment to a person, cause, or belief.
Fret be constantly or visibly worried or anxious.
Aptitude a natural ability to do something.
Appeal an application to a higher court for a decision to be reversed.
Chastise rebuke or reprimand severely.
Reluctantly in an unwilling and hesitant way.
Petulantly actions done with childish, impatient irritation or moody, peevish annoyance, often due to minor inconveniences or not getting one's way
Remorse deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.
Dwelling a house, apartment, or other place of residence.
Regulate control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly.
Serene calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil.
Tabulated (of data) arranged in tabular form.
Frail (of a person) weak and delicate.
Nuisance a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance.
Fragment a broken, detached, or incomplete part of a whole
Vivid producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.
Perspiring give out sweat through the pores of the skin as a result of heat, physical exertion, or stress.
Murky (of liquid) dark and dirty; not clear.
Stirrings feelings
Interdependence the dependence of two or more people or things on each other.
Reprieve cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
Relinquish Relinquish
Somber dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy.
Meticulously in a way that shows great attention to detail; very thoroughly.
Exasperate irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.
Profound (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.
Solemnly with deep sincerity.
Prestige widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality.
Daze make (someone) unable to think or react properly; stupefy; bewilder.
Crescendo the loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.
Successor a person or thing that succeeds another.
Jaunty having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.
Rigorous extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate.
Despair the complete loss or absence of hope.
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