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The Giver - Vocab 1
Chap 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| disposition | the usual attitude or mood of a person or animal |
| transgression | infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by overwhelming greatness (as in beauty, power, or size) |
| enhance | to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness |
| adherence | the fact of someone behaving exactly according to rules, beliefs, etc |
| fret | to cause to suffer emotional strain |
| aptitude | a natural ability or a capacity for learning |
| appeal | the power of arousing a sympathetic response or an application for corroboration, vindication, or decision |
| chastise | to censure severely or to inflict punishment on |
| reluctantly | with aversion or hesitation |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs |
| dwelling | to keep the attention directed or to live somewhere as a resident. |
| regulate | to bring order, method, or uniformity to |
| serene | marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude |
| tabulated | to count, record, or list systematically |
| frail | easily broken or destroyed, weak |
| nuisance | one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious |
| labor | expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory |