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THE GIVER
THE GIVER chapters 1 to 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apprehensive | Doubtful, cautious, or unsure |
| Distraught | Deeply upset and agitated. |
| Disposition | A person's qualities and character. |
| Transgression | Fault, mistake, or offense |
| Awe | A feeling mixed with fear or wonder |
| Enhance | To make it better, improve or intensify |
| Adherence | Stick-to-it, or commitment |
| Fret | To visibly worry or feel anxious |
| Aptitude | A natural ability to do something. |
| Appeal | Make a serious or urgent request |
| Chastise | To punish |
| Reluctantly | In an unwilling and hesitant way |
| Petulantly | Being easily annoyed, irritable |
| Remorse | Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed |
| Dwelling | A place where you live |
| Regulate | Control or maintain |
| Serene | Calm, peaceful, and untroubled |
| Tabulated | Counted (as in a result) |
| Frail | (of a person) weak and delicate. |
| Nuisance | Annoyance |
| Fragment | A small part broken or separated off something |
| 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 | Dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist. |
| Stirrings | Feelings like attraction and desire that you get after you dream about something or someone |
| Interdependence | Not doing something by yourself |
| Reprieve | To cancel something or delay |
| Relinquish | To give something up |
| Somber | Dull or gloomy |
| Meticulously | In a way that shows great attention to detail |