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The Giver VOCAB 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm |
| distraught | so upset that you are not able to think clearly or behave normally |
| disposition | the tendency to act or think in a certain manner under given circumstances |
| transgression | infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty |
| awe | an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like. |
| enhance | to raise to a higher degree; |
| adherence | the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment. |
| fret | to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like. |
| aptitude | innate or acquired capacity for something |
| appeal | an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea. |
| chastise | to discipline, especially by corporal punishment. |
| reluctantly | without really wanting to; unwillingly. |
| remorse | Obsolete. pity; compassion. |
| dwelling | formal a place of residence |
| regulate | To bring order to one's habits |
| serene | calm, peaceful, or tranquil; |
| tabulated | to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly. |
| frail | Not sturdy |
| nuisance | obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.. |
| labor | productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain |