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The Giver Vocab 1
Vocabulary 1 Words The Giver
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | Very doubtful and cautious when doing something and being very unsure. |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain/feeling upset |
| disposition | A person's qualities and character. |
| transgression | A mistake, an fault, and very offense. |
| awe | being inspire in greatness. |
| enhance | To heighten or to increase. |
| adherence | To do something you want to do, commitment. |
| fret | to cause to suffer emotional strain, worried, feeling anxious. |
| aptitude | A natural ability to do something/capacity for learning |
| appeal | a serious or urgent request. |
| chastise | to censure severely/to inflict punishment on |
| reluctantly | in a reluctant manner : with aversion or hesitation |
| remorse | deep regret or guilt. |
| dwelling | a shelter (such as a house) in which people live |
| regulate | To control and maintain |
| serene | peaceful, calm |
| tabulated | to count, record, or list systematically |
| frail | easily broken or destroyed/physically weak |
| nuisance | one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious |
| labor | working very hard as a worker with minimum wage, childbirth to a mother. |