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The giver - Vocab 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | Quick to learn or understand. |
| distraught | Distracted; deeply agitated. |
| disposition | The usual attitude or mood of a person or animal. |
| transgression | Infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty. |
| awe | A strong feeling of fear or respect and also wonder. |
| enhance | To increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness. |
| adherence | Steady or faithful attachment. |
| fret | To cause to suffer emotional strain. |
| aptitude | A natural ability |
| appeal | a quality that causes people to like someone or something |
| chastise | to criticize (someone) harshly for doing something wrong |
| reluctantly | without really wanting to; unwillingly. |
| remorse | a feeling of being sorry for doing something bad or wrong in the past : a feeling of guilt |
| dwelling | a place where a person lives |
| regulate | to make rules or laws that control (something) |
| serene | calm and peaceful |
| tabulated | to arrange information in an organized way so that it can be studied, recorded, etc. |
| frail | having less than a normal amount of strength or force : very weak |
| nuisance | a person, thing, or situation that is annoying or that causes trouble or problems |
| labor | work for which someone is paid |